The XML FAQ — Frequently-Asked Questions about the Extensible Markup Language

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—just rename it after downloading);

• The DTD is a lightly modified version of DocBook;

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

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

• A notification of new versions is posted periodically to the comp.text.xml Usenet newsgroup, the XML-L, xml-dev, and XSL-List mailing lists, and to the XML/XSL forum on LinkedIn.

• for printed copies there are versions for A4 PostScript, A4 PDF, Letter PostScript and Letter PDF available.

• 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 app 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).