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    Naming Conventions: Part I Introducing XML

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    The document discusses XML root elements and naming conventions. It explains that the root element's start tag comes before any other elements and its end tag comes after. It uses <SEASON> as an example root element. It also notes that XML element names can use various cases and characters but recommends choosing a naming convention and sticking to it for consistency.

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    Naming Conventions: Part I Introducing XML

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    The document discusses XML root elements and naming conventions. It explains that the root element's start tag comes before any other elements and its end tag comes after. It uses <SEASON> as an example root element. It also notes that XML element names can use various cases and characters but recommends choosing a naming convention and sticking to it for consistency.

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    The document discusses XML root elements and naming conventions. It explains that the root element's start tag comes before any other elements and its end tag comes after. It uses <SEASON> as an example root element. It also notes that XML element names can use various cases and characters but recommends choosing a naming convention and sticking to it for consistency.

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    Naming Conventions: Part I Introducing XML

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    The document discusses XML root elements and naming conventions. It explains that the root element's start tag comes before any other elements and its end tag comes after. It uses <SEASON> as an example root element. It also notes that XML element names can use various cases and characters but recommends choosing a naming convention and sticking to it for consistency.

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    Part I Introducing XML

    tag comes before all other elements start tags, and the root elements end tag
    comes after all other elements end tags. For our root element, we will use SEASON
    with a start tag of <SEASON> and an end tag of </SEASON>. The document now
    looks like this:
    <?xml version=1.0?>
    <SEASON>
    </SEASON>

    The XML declaration is not an element or a tag. It is a processing instruction.


    Therefore, it does not need to be contained inside the root element, SEASON. But
    every element we put in this document will go in between the <SEASON> start tag
    and the </SEASON> end tag.
    This choice of root element means that we will not be able to store multiple
    seasons in a single file. If you want to do that, however, you can define a new root
    element that contains seasons. For example,
    <?xml version=1.0?>
    <DOCUMENT>
    <SEASON>
    </SEASON>
    <SEASON>
    </SEASON>
    </DOCUMENT>

    Naming Conventions
    Before we begin, Id like to say a few words about naming conventions. As youll see in the
    next chapter, XML element names are quite flexible and can contain any number of letters
    and digits in either upper- or lowercase. You have the option of writing XML tags that look
    like any of the following:
    <SEASON>
    <Season>
    <season>
    <season1998>
    <Season98>
    <season_98>
    There are several thousand more variations. I dont really care (nor does XML) whether you
    use all uppercase, all lowercase, mixed-case with internal capitalization, or some other convention. However, I do recommend that you choose one convention and stick to it.

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