XML in C

XML is a base-language for expressing arbitrary structured data in text form. It consists of several modules: core syntax, meta-syntax, linking, style-bindings, and maybe more. Of these only the core syntax is common to all XML applications. Applications can choose to omit the other modules if they don't need them.

This text describes one possible core syntax, using flex/bison specifications. The most important additions relative to the XML-lang draft of 30 June 1997 include: automatically ignored newlines, attribute defaults, and boolean attributes.