XML Encoding Definition
Extensible Markup Language (XML) encodes information as content enclosed in nested begin/end tag elements and name/value pair attributes on these elements. The XML encoding format defined in this section is based on this encoding rule.
XML provides the following basic concepts to encode information.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Character Set and Data Types | Describes the character set and data types for encoding used in an XML document |
| Top-Level Element | Describes the element that encapsulates all transfer information in an XML document |
| Elements and Attributes | Describes the begin/end tag pairs and the content encapsulated between them |
| Namespaces | Shows the basic structure of the Open Information Model (OIM) namespace hierarchy to ensure unique elements in an XML document |
| Nested Lists | Shows, by example, the ordered or unordered sets of elements that can be used to represent hierarchies of elements |
| Element References | Describes connections between elements to represent network structures of elements |
| Extensibility | Describes extended vendor-specific meta data types |