XML in Data Islands

With Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher, XML can be embedded within HTML pages in Data Islands.

XML Embedded in HTML

The unofficial <xml> tag is used to embed XML data within HTML.

XML data can be embedded directly in an HTML page like this:

<xml id="note">
<note>
  <to>Tove</to>
  <from>Jani</from>
  <heading>Reminder</heading>
  <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
</xml>

Or a separate XML file can be embedded like this:

<xml id="note" src="note.xml">
</xml>

Note that the <xml> tag is an HTML element, not an XML element.

Data Binding

Data Islands can be bound to HTML elements (like HTML tables).

In the example below, an XML Data Island with an ID "cdcat" is loaded from an external XML file. An HTML table is bound to the Data Island with a data source attribute, and finally the tabledata elements are bound to the XML data with a data field attribute inside a span.

<html>
<body>

<xml id="cdcat" src="cd_catalog.xml"></xml>

<table border="1" datasrc="#cdcat">
<tr>
<td><span datafld="ARTIST"></span></td>
<td><span datafld="TITLE"></span></td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

If you are running IE 5.0 or higher, you can try it yourself.

With IE 5.0 and higher you can also view the external XML file.

Also try this example, demonstrating <thead>, <tbody>, and <tfoot>.

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