The top 10 pointers to XML information online

The top 10 pointers to XML information online
Ed Tittel

The "Best XML Web Links" area on www.searchxmlresources.com contains more information than anyone could cover in a month of Sundays. But I found myself confronted with a bounty of information when looking for pointers to a few well-known XML resources online. By comparing what I found in the "Best Links" area to the dozen or so pointers I keep in my Web browser favorites list, I quickly realized that building a favorites list of resources will be the fastest way to information when you know what you're looking for. The search engine helped me, but many of my searches for popular sites (such as Elliotte Rusty Harold's excellent "Cafi Con Leche" or Simon St. Laurent's XML-focused site) turned up too many hits.

So here's a brief description of my personal "Top 10 XML Related Web Sites," in no particular order:

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Having gone this far with my hit parade, I realize I could go on and on in this vein. But then, we'd be back in the same swamp that it's so easy to find yourself in. Think of these pointers as pathways to a plethora of information, and use them wisely and well to find the XML resources you need.

Happy New Year!

Ed Tittel is a principal at LANWrights, Inc.: a wholly owned subsidiary of LeapIt.com. LANwrights offers training, writing and consulting services on Internet, networking, and Web topics (including XML and XHTML), plus various IT certifications (Microsoft, Sun/Java, and Prosoft/CIW).

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