XML Information Set (Infoset)

Level: Intermediate

Contributors: W3C

06 Feb 2007
Updated 25 Apr 2007

XML Information Set (Infoset) allows you to describe an XML document as a series of objects with specialized properties. Read about this abstract data to better understand the basic structure of XML.

XML Information Set (Second Edition) [W3C Recommendation], also known as the XML Infoset, defines an abstract way of describing an XML document as a series of objects, called information items, with specialized properties. This abstract data set incorporates aspects of XML documents defined in XML 1.0, XML Namespaces, and XML Base. The XML Infoset is used as the foundation for several other specifications that try to break down XML documents into some collection of constituent objects.

Resources

• Check out Exploring the XML Infoset, a sample chapter excerpted from Kenneth B. Sall's book XML Family of Specifications: A Practical Guide (Addison Wesley Professional, 2002).
  
  
• Read about other XML standards: Index of XML standards.
  
  
• Participate in any of several XML-centered forums: XML zone discussion forums.
  
  
• Get involved in the developerWorks community: developerWorks blogs
  
  
• Find out how you can become an IBM-Certified Developer in XML and related technologies at IBM XML certification.
  
  
• See the developerWorks XML Zone for a wide range of technical articles and tips, tutorials, standards, and IBM Redbooks at XML technical library.
  
  
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