XML Part 5

Write an XML document that contains the following information: your name. Your email address. Your student number. Your home town. Your date of birth. Choose appropriate tags. Use Attributes for the date of birth.

<xml version=”1.0″?>

<student>

<name>Marcel Mizzi</name>

<dob= “15.06.1965″>

<studentid>MM12345</studentid>

<email>marcelmizzi@gmail.com</email>

<town>San Gwann</town>

</student> 

Have a look at the XML document below. Identify all the syntax errors :

<?xml version= “1.0” ?>

<!DOCTYPE countryCollection SYSTEM "countryList.dtd">

<CountryList>

<Nations TotalNations =”3”/>

<!--Data from CIA --Year Book -->

            <Country CountryCode=”1”>

                        <OfficialName>United States of America</officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                

                        <CommonName>United States</commonName>

                        <CommonName>U.S.</commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</capital>                  

                        <Capital cityNum=”1”>Washington, D.C. </label>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=”2”>New York </2ndCity>         

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label> 

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”3”>Los Angeles </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”4”>Chicago </majorCity>                  

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”5’>Dallas </majorCity>                      

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>                                     

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Atlantic Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Pacific Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>                    

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Gulf of Mexico </borderingBodyOfWater>       

                        <Label>Bordering Countries:</label>                        

                        <BorderingCountry CountryCode=”1”> Canada </borderingCountry>                                            

                        <BorderingCountry CountryCode =”52”> Mexico </borderingCountry>

</country>

            <Country CountryCode=”81”>

                        <OfficialName> Japan </officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                                        

                        <CommonName> Japan </commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</label>                     

                        <Capital>Tokyo</capital cityNum=”1”>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=”2”>Osaka </2ndCity>

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label>                                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”3”>Nagoya </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”4”>Osaka </majorCity>                    

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”5’>Kobe </majorCity>                       

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater>Sea of Japan </borderingBodyOfWater>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater>Pacific Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>                     

            </country>

            <Country CountryCode=”254”>

                        <OfficialName> Republic of Kenya </officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                                        

                        <CommonName> Kenya </commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</label>                     

                        <Capital cityNum=’1’>Nairobi </capital>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=’2’>Mombasa</2ndCity>

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label>                                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’3’>Mombasa </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’4’>Lamu </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’5’>Malindi </majorCity>                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’6’ cityNum=’7’>Kisumu-Kericho </majorCity>          

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater <!--Also Lake Victoria --> > Indian Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>

            </country>     

 Errors noted as follows :

1.  <CountryList> does not have a corresponding closing tag
2. The "Case consistency" rule is not being respected such as in the <MajorCity></majorcity> elements.
3. Some elements are not nested correctly such as  <Label>Capital:</capital>     
4. The rule that a number cannot be used as the first character when naming and element is not being adhered to in <2ndCity cityNum=’2’>Mombasa</2ndCity> for example.
5. <BorderingBodyOfWater <!–Also Lake Victoria –> > Indian Ocean is illegal because comments should not be made inside elements.
6. <MajorCity cityNum=’6’ cityNum=’7’>Kisumu-Kericho breaks the rule that an attribute name cannot include words that are already used in the element name.