Elements

• Documents are composed of elements

• An element is delimited by a start-tag and a matching end-tag:

  <COMPOSER>Jacques Morali</COMPOSER>

  • Start-tag <COMPOSER>

  • Contents "Jacques Morali"

  • End-tag </COMPOSER>

• Elements can contain other elements:

  <SONG>
    <TITLE>Hot Cop</TITLE>
    <COMPOSER>Jacques Morali</COMPOSER>
    <COMPOSER>Henri Belolo</COMPOSER>
    <COMPOSER>Victor Willis</COMPOSER>
    <PRODUCER>Jacques Morali</PRODUCER>
    <PUBLISHER>PolyGram Records</PUBLISHER>
    <LENGTH>6:20</LENGTH>
    <YEAR>1978</YEAR>
    <ARTIST>Village People</ARTIST>
  </SONG>