The XML FAQ

Availability

This XML document is at http://xml.silmaril.ie/. It is XML served converted to HTML by Saxon, so what you read online is HTML in your browser.

• You can download the unconverted file (avoiding the .xml filetype which over-enthusiastic browsers want to usurp);

• The DTD is a lightly modified version of DocBook;

• There is a MindMap version available by clicking on the MindMap link in the banner at the top of the page. This is an XML format used by FreeMind.

• There are XSL stylesheets for the conversion to HTML and for converting to LATEX to make the PDF and PostScript versions;

• The previous single-file HTML version is at http://xml.silmaril.ie/faq.html and this was used to save a copy in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, and plaintext formats.

• A notification of the new versions is posted periodically to the comp.text.xml Usenet newsgroup and to the XML-L mailing list for the archives.

• for printed copies there are versions for A4 PostScript, A4 PDF, Letter PostScript and Letter PDF available. Viewers can be downloaded for PostScript and PDF file formats (GhostView, Xpdf, Adobe Acrobat Reader);

• WAP (if anyone's still using it), OEB (eBook), and cHTML versions have been proposed for your handheld devices, and I'm open to offers if anyone wants to write the code.

The FAQ is also available in carbon-based toner on flattened dead trees by sending €10 ($15 or equivalent in any convertible currency) to the editor (email first to check rates and postal address).

You can download the XML logo as a GIF, JPG, or EPS file; and an icon for your file system in ICO (Microsoft Windows), Mac, or XPM (X Window system) format.