Herong's Tutorial Examples: XML

XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
This XML tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning XML himself. Topics include introduction to XML, DTD (Document Type Definition), XSD (XML Schema Definition), XPath (XML Path Language), XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language), XSLT (XSL Transf... 2025-07-18, ≈13🔥, 3💬

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"element" - The Element Declaration Statement
This section describes syntax formats of the 'element' statement, which declares an XML element in the target namespace. If an element of the same name used in the target namespace, it must match the specified element type. 2022-10-01, ∼243🔥, 0💬

Generating Transformation Output in XML Format
This section provides a tutorial example on how to generate transformation output in XML format. The first approach is to include output XML element as literal XML elements in the transformation template. 2022-10-01, ∼243🔥, 0💬

JSON-to-XML Conversion Tool at onlinexmltools.com
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use an online JSON-to-XML conversion tool at onlinexmltools.com. The output XML document is good, only if input JSON document contains well structured data. 2022-10-01, ∼241🔥, 0💬

Archived: Using SAX Implementation Provided in JDK 1.4
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the SAX interface included in JDK 1.4, which actually uses SAX implementation provided by the org.apache.crimson package. 2022-10-01, ∼240🔥, 0💬

What Is JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
This section provides a quick introduction of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) - a text string format, similar to XML, that uses human-readable text to record data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and array structures. 2022-10-01, ∼224🔥, 0💬

SAXBrowser.java - SAX Interface Java Example
This section provides a tutorial example on how to parse an XML file and print it back in a tree format using SAX interface in Java - JDK 1.8. 2022-10-01, ∼220🔥, 0💬

What Is XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
This section describes XML Tools Plugin, which provides a small set of useful tools for editing XML documents in Notepad++. 2022-08-28, ≈22🔥, 13💬

💬 2022-08-28 Andrew E. Cook Cook: Hi there! thanks for this helpful tutorial! With goomaps, adding a location to your WordPress website is easy. The most user-fri...

💬 2018-12-07 David: thanks

💬 2018-11-22 Sac: great

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💬 2017-10-10 Froes: valeu

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XSLTransformer.java - A Simple XSLT Transformation Program
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the XSLT implementation in JDK 1.4 to write a simple XSLT transformation Java program. 2022-01-24, ∼1000🔥, 2💬

XML Files with Embedded XSD Statements
This section provides a tutorial example on how to include XSD statements inside XML files. Embedded or inline XSD statements should appear inside a parent element and before target elements the schema is applied to. 2021-11-17, ∼1357🔥, 1💬

XML Element Transformation Chains - Complex Example
This section provides a tutorial example on how an XSL processor works through a more complex XSLT stylesheet to perform a transformation on an XML document tree in a transformation chain process. 2021-10-08, ∼584🔥, 1💬

💬 2021-10-08 fred flinstone: a meaningfull comment

What Is XML Notepad
This section describes XML Notepad, which is an XML file editor developed by Microsoft and offered as an open source freeware. 2021-07-27, ∼742🔥, 2💬

💬 2021-07-27 Herong: Looks like Microsoft has moved the software to https://microsoft.github.io/XmlNotep ad/. Thanks for reporting the issue.

💬 2021-07-24 q109876543210blastzoft@outlook.c: Link not active at Microsoft no longer

XSLT Transformation
This section provides a tutorial example on how to perform XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) using XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++. 2021-05-28, ≈37🔥, 21💬

💬 2021-05-28 PurpV: for CC: I'm using a online free tool to test my XSLT 2.0 which works fine (but would rather have 2.0 supported by notepad++) htt...

💬 2020-07-15 Herong: Does anybody have suggestions for CC?

💬 2020-07-10 CC: Hi, Does notepad++ doesn't support XSLT 2.0? I have my XSL file working perfectly in Oxygen ( though going to be expired ) and I...

💬 2018-11-23 Robert: Super, Thank you very much.

💬 2018-11-22 Herong: Shu, The "dictionary.xsl" listed above is a valid XSLT file. Can you double check the steps on how you performs the transformati...

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Convert JSON Document to XML Document
This section provides a quick introduction on options of converting JSON documents to XML documents: using ready-to-run tools; calling conversion libraries; and implementing your own converter. 2021-05-24, ∼911🔥, 2💬

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💬 2021-01-14 Albert: use this link for online conversion: https://wtools.io/convert-json-to-xm l

XML Files with Embedded DTD Statements
This section provides a tutorial example on how to include DTD statements inside XML files. Embedded DTD statements should appear after the 'xml' process instruction and before the root element. 2020-12-05, ∼835🔥, 2💬

Convert XML Document to JSON Document
This section provides a quick introduction on options of converting XML documents to JSON documents: using ready-to-run tools; calling conversion libraries; and implementing your own converter. 2020-08-05, ∼911🔥, 1💬

💬 2020-08-05 krutik: Hii You can also use https://onlinexmltools.org/ for online xml converter like XML to JSON,YAML,CSV,BASE64,TSV,PlainText XML toM...

XML Notepad - XML Editor
This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on XML Notepad. Topics include downloading and installing XML Notepad 2007; converting XML to pretty print format; XSD schema validation; XSLT transformation to HTML documents. 2019-06-01, ∼1505🔥, 2💬

💬 2019-06-01 Herong: John, which encoding are you referring to?

💬 2019-05-24 John: Can the encoding be changed?

Using Google Chrome as an XML Syntax Checker
This section provides a tutorial example on how to use Google Chrome as an XML file syntax checker. If there are syntax errors in an XML file, Chrome will stop displaying the XML file at the first error location. 2018-11-10, ∼5384🔥, 3💬

💬 2018-11-10 Herong: ej, You are right. Chrome can only parse an XML document and print out issues that occur during the parsing process. If you want...

💬 2018-11-08 ej: While the information contained here seems to be correct, I would use the term "well wormedness verification" in place of "synta...

💬 2017-08-11 literal nazi: meaningful comments

Converting XML in Pretty Print Format
This section provides a tutorial example on how to convert XML documents into pretty print format using XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++. 2018-02-25, ≈11🔥, 5💬

💬 2017-05-23 sdsa: soap:ClientUnmarshalling error: cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'v11:CopyFaresFromFarCl....

💬 2016-08-17 z: Subject_Order 1608_ AFTER [NextExecutionDatetimeCO] [ListVMsINextExecutionCO]

💬 2016-05-03 dfg: <div class="productdetailpopover adminpopover"> <div class="productimage displayinlineblock"> <div class="m...

Main Features of XML
This section provides a quick description of XML features and advantages. The power of XML comes from its simplicity and extensibility. 2017-11-26, ∼8419🔥, 2💬

💬 2017-11-26 Abhishek: Thanks!

XSD Validation and Error List
This section provides a tutorial example on how to perform XSD validation and view error list using XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++. 2017-05-27, ∼8971🔥, 7💬

💬 2017-05-27 Herong: No problem. Have a good weekend!

💬 2017-05-27 Greg: Me again - false alarm, the error message I saw was caused by xsi:schemaLocation that was specified in the file. Sorry to troubl...

💬 2017-05-26 Greg: Hi, this was working fine, but now when I click Validate Now, I get an error message: Following error occurred during schema ...

💬 2015-12-23 Herong: Mat2001uk, That is better than the version I was testing. Thanks for sharing this information with us.

💬 2015-12-22 Mat2001uk: In v6.8.6 I see only one error:"XML Parsing error at line 16: StartTag: invalid element name" ...just FYI.

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"for-each" - Looping through a Node Set
This section describes the 'for-each' element, which is used in the content of a 'template' element. The 'for-each' element is a loop statement that be used to repeat a block of output content over each node in a node set. 2017-04-09, ≈10🔥, 3💬

💬 2016-10-06 Herong: Bart, Thanks for pointing out the errors. They are fixed now.

💬 2016-10-04 Bart: <xsl:for-each select="text()"/> XSL statements </xsl:for-each> is no legal xml. You end your for-each tag in the b...

XML Files with Linked External XSD Files
This section provides a tutorial example on how to store XSD statements in an external file, which can be then linked to XML files. The external XSD file should also be a well-formed XML document. 2017-03-11, ∼5517🔥, 1💬

💬 2017-03-11 somebody: it was completly helpfull and it was very important

DOMBrowser.java - DOM Interface Java Example
This section provides a tutorial example on how to parse an XML file and print it back in a tree format using DOM interface in Java - JDK 1.8. 2017-02-22, ∼552🔥, 1💬

💬 2017-02-22 fk: windows blocks dom

XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction
This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on XSLT (XSL Transformations). Topics include introduction to XSLT (XSL Transformations); syntax of stylesheet, template, apply-templates elements; including literal texts and XML elements in transformation output; calling a transformation insid... 2016-09-26, ∼423🔥, 1💬

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