"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."
”William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
A format for text display that consists of a set of 128 characters .
associative array
An array whose keys are strings rather than integers (sometimes referred to as a "hash" or "hash table").
BASE64
An encoding scheme for representing any type of data as ASCII text, so that it may be easily transmitted across the Internet.
callback function
A function registered with the SAX parser as the handler for a specific type of event.
case folding
In the context of an XML document, converting element names to uppercase to make them more consistent.
Cocoon
A Java-based content publishing framework, with support for a variety of different data sources (including XML and databases).
Component Object Model (COM)
A component-based software architecture model for integrated, reusable client and server objects.
deserialization
The process of converting a serialized object back into its original representation. In the context of WDDX, the process of converting a WDDX packet into language-specific data structures.
Document Object Model (DOM)
A tree-based approach to XML processing.
Document Type Definition (DTD)
A document specifying conformance rules for an XML document to be considered valid.
entity reference
A text string that serves as the placeholder for an entity (for example, the string < serves as a placeholder for the less-than symbol <).
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
A language used to format and present XML data. The language consists of three components : XPath, XSLT, and XSL-FO.
external entity
An entity whose definition exists in a different file.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A protocol for transferring files over the Internet.
GNU General Public License (GPL)
A software license that allows developers to easily share, modify, and reuse free software.
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
A protocol for reading email on a remote server (without first having to download it to your local machine).
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Software that interfaces between Java bytecode and a specific hardware platform.
Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
A variant of the GPL that allows derivative products to use alternate licenses (whereas works based on a GPL project will always remain under the terms of the GPL).
location path
An XPath address that consists of axes, node tests, and predicates.
Microsoft Component Object Model
See [ Component Object Model (COM) ]
named buffer
A storage area in memory that is accessible by name.
node
A branch or leaf in the XML document tree.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
A standard file format for electronic documents popularized by Adobe Systems, Inc.
Post Office Protocol (POP)
An Internet protocol for downloading email to your local machine.
processing instruction (PI)
Information or command embedded within an XML document.
RedHat Package Manager (RPM)
An open software packaging system designed to simplify software distribution and updates.
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
An application designed to administer a series of linked, or related , databases and tables.
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
A client-server architecture for invoking remote procedures across a network.
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
An XML-based metadata language designed to describe content on the World Wide Web.
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
An XML-based language for describing vector graphics.
serialization
The process of converting an object into a byte stream suitable for transmission or storage. In the context of WDDX, the process of converting a data structure into a WDDX packet.
Simple API for XML (SAX)
An event-based interface to XML processing.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
A protocol for sending email.
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
An emerging W3C standard for XML-based information exchange.
SMIL
See [ Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) ]
source encoding
Character encoding used by PHP when parsing an XML document.
Standardized General Markup Language (SGML)
A standard for the creation of markup languages.
Structured Query Language (SQL)
A standard, widely used programming language to access and manipulate database records.
stylesheet
A set of rules or templates that define the formatting and appearance of a document.
SVG
See [ Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) ]
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
A markup language used for synchronized multimedia presentations.
target encoding
Character encoding used by callback functions when parsing the XML data passed to them.
unparsed entity
An entity that references data (usually binary data) that should not be processed by the parser.
Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX)
An XML-based technology for data transfer over the Web.
Web Standards Description Language (WSDL)
An XML-based language for describing network services.
Wireless Markup Language (WML)
A presentation language for handheld devices (PDAs, cellular phones, and so on) that is similar to HTML.
XML-RPC
A protocol for encoding RPC requests and decoding RPC responses using XML.
XML Schema
A blueprint for a specific "class" of XML documents that is similar to (though far more powerful than) a Document Type Definition (DTD).
XPath
A language for accessing different parts of an XML document, usually on the basis of specific user -defined criteria. XPath is a part of the W3C's XSL specification.
XSL
See [ Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) ]
XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO)
A language that specifies formatting information for an XSLT result tree (most often used for printable documents). XSL-FO is a part of the W3C's XSL specification.
XSL Transformations (XSLT)
A language that specifies the rules whereby an XML source tree is converted into a new result tree. XSLT is a part of the W3C's XSL specification.
