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1.1       bowersj2    1: \label{Authoring_XML_Intro}
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1.3     ! damieng     3: LON-CAPA uses a syntax similar to XML and HTML.
        !             4: Here are some basic style guides if you do not know the syntax:
        !             5: %NOTE: the _ cannot be copy-pasted from the PDF, it would require using \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
        !             6: \begin{description}
        !             7: \item[XML] \texttt{http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml\_syntax.asp}
        !             8: \item[HTML] \texttt{http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5\_syntax.asp}
        !             9: \end{description}
1.1       bowersj2   10: 
1.3     ! damieng    11: Compared to the XML syntax, the LON-CAPA language does not require a prolog at the beginning, and does not require encoding special characters within script elements.
        !            12: 
        !            13: Compared to the HTML syntax, the LON-CAPA language does not require a DOCTYPE, but requires closing all elements. Problem documents do not use the html and body tags. Aside from that, most HTML elements can be used in LON-CAPA documents.
        !            14: 
        !            15: LON-CAPA uses a very simple subset of the XML syntax and there is a lot you do
1.1       bowersj2   16: \emph{not} need to know, including but not limited to: CDATA, DTDs,
                     17: namespaces, and stylesheets. If you search for XML resources on the
                     18: Internet yourself, you do not need to read about those things to learn
1.3     ! damieng    19: how LON-CAPA uses XML/HTML for problems.