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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007CHAPTER 3 WEB VOCABULARIES XHTML Tools You can use three kinds of tools to edit your XHTML documents: Simple text editors XML editors XHTML editors Each of these tool types offers different benefits. Let s explore these types in more detail. Text Editors Because XHTML is a text-based format, you can create document markup in text editors, including Notepad on Windows, SimpleText on Macintosh, and Vim on Linux. These editors aren t specifically designed to create XHTML or XML documents, so they have very few features that can assist with authoring. They can t provide information about whether a document is well formed or valid, and they don t provide any type of color-coding for the text. Although they have significant limitations, text editors are often useful because they exist on almost all computers and start up very quickly. The most useful text editors can display line numbers, which are invaluable for tracking down parser errors. XML Editors Many XML editors are designed to work specifically with XML documents. These editors offer many advantages over text editors, not the least of which is automatic color coding for elements within the document. Although not written specifically for XHTML, XML editors can still provide tag completion so your elements close automatically. In addition, XML editors allow you to check that your document is well formed and valid, based on its DTD or XML schema. Some popular XML editors include Altova s XMLSpy: http://www.altova.com/products_ide.html Stylus Studio s XML Editor: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml/editor/ Topologi s Markup Editor: http://www.topologi.com/products/tme/index.html TIBCO s Turbo XML: http://www.tibco.com/software/business_integration/ turboxml.jsp SyncRO Soft s
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