XML Structure

The syntax of an XML document

The Building blocks of an XML Document are Elements, a document must have 1 and only 1 root element (this is often referred to as the document element).

This root/document element can then have any number of child Elements and Attributes.

Details how the various constructs within an XML document are structured can be explored in the following topics

• Elements
• Attributes
• Comments
• CDATA
• Processing Instructions
• Entity References
• Escaping Data
• XML Document EBNF