# XML

# Introduction to XML in Flash - Making Flash Dynamic

The following pages will help you get started with using <span class="caps">XML</span> in Flash. You will learn the basics of what <span class="caps">XML</span> is and how it can be loaded into, used within and sent out of a Flash movie.

[http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/web/xml/index.htm)

This can also be used as an alternative to rotating images on web sites that normally rely on JavaScript.

# XML Resources

- **Books**
    - *For Learning <span class="caps">XML</span>:*
        - CodeNotes for <span class="caps">XML</span> by Gregory Brill (Editor) <span class="caps">ISBN</span>: 0812991915
    - <span class="caps">XML</span> In a Nutshell by Scott Means, Elliotte Harold – O’Reilly and Associates

- **Online Tutorials**
    - [W3 Schools](http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp) *Good idea to disable popups because there’s a lot of advertising here.*

- **Editors**
    - Oxygen – for <span class="caps">OSX</span>, Java app so should run anywhere.

*This article was originally posted on the <span class="caps">UCLA</span> Programmers Wiki.*

# XML

- **<span class="caps">XML</span>**
    - Microsoft <span class="caps">XML</span> Notepad (free download) [http://www.webattack.com/get/xmlnotepad.shtml](http://www.webattack.com/get/xmlnotepad.shtml)
    - <span class="caps">XML</span> is Too Hard for Programmers [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/16/](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/16/)<span class="caps">XML</span>-Prog
    - Why <span class="caps">XML</span> Doesn’t Suck [http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/24/XMLisOK](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/24/XMLisOK)
    - <span class="caps">XML</span> Protocol Comparison Matrix [http://www.w3.org/2000/03/29](http://www.w3.org/2000/03/29)-<span class="caps">XML</span>-protocol-matrix
    - How do we parse <span class="caps">XML</span>? 
        - Perl 
            - <span class="caps">XML</span>::LibXML, <span class="caps">XML</span>::Parser, <span class="caps">XML</span>::Twig, <span class="caps">XML</span>::XPath
            - [http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/faq/](http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/faq/)
            - [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlxml/](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlxml/)
        - <span class="caps">PHP</span>
            - “Parsing <span class="caps">XML</span> with <span class="caps">PHP</span>” article [http://www.zend.com/zend/art/parsing.php](http://www.zend.com/zend/art/parsing.php)
            - Function Documentation [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php)
        - Water web services language [http://www.waterlang.org/](http://www.waterlang.org/)
        - Apache -
    - <span class="caps">XML</span> Editors 
        - A comprehensive list of <span class="caps">XML</span> schema editors and validators can be found at [http://www.xml.com/pub/pt/2](http://www.xml.com/pub/pt/2) —Jose