FIFTH TASK

15)  Write an XML document that contains the following information: your name. Your email address. Your student number. Your home town. Your date of birth. Choose appropriate tags. Use Attributes for the date of birth.

<?xml version= "1.0''?>
<information>

 <student>
     <student dateOfBirth=''01/04/87''>
     <name>Nazzy</name>
     <email>nw778@live.mdx.ac.uk</email>
     <studentno>M00345666</studentno>
     <hometown>London</hometown>
 </student>
</information>

15)  Have a look at the XML document below. Identify all the syntax errors.

<?xml version= “1.0” ?>

<!DOCTYPE countryCollection SYSTEM "countryList.dtd">

<CountryList>

<Nations TotalNations =”3”/>

<!--Data from CIA --Year Book -->

            <Country CountryCode=”1”>

                        <OfficialName>United States of America</officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                

                        <CommonName>United States</commonName>

                        <CommonName>U.S.</commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</capital>                  

                        <Capital cityNum=”1”>Washington, D.C. </label>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=”2”>New York </2ndCity>         

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label> 

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”3”>Los Angeles </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”4”>Chicago </majorCity>                  

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”5’>Dallas </majorCity>                      

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>                                     

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Atlantic Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Pacific Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>                    

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater> Gulf of Mexico </borderingBodyOfWater>       

                        <Label>Bordering Countries:</label>                        

                        <BorderingCountry CountryCode=”1”> Canada </borderingCountry>                                            

                        <BorderingCountry CountryCode =”52”> Mexico </borderingCountry>

</country>

            <Country CountryCode=”81”>

                        <OfficialName> Japan </officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                                        

                        <CommonName> Japan </commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</label>                     

                        <Capital>Tokyo</capital cityNum=”1”>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=”2”>Osaka </2ndCity>

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label>                                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”3”>Nagoya </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”4”>Osaka </majorCity>                    

                        <MajorCity cityNum=”5’>Kobe </majorCity>                       

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater>Sea of Japan </borderingBodyOfWater>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater>Pacific Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>                     

            </country>

            <Country CountryCode=”254”>

                        <OfficialName> Republic of Kenya </officialName>

                        <Label>Common Names:</label>                                        

                        <CommonName> Kenya </commonName>

                        <Label>Capital:</label>                     

                        <Capital cityNum=’1’>Nairobi </capital>

                        <2ndCity cityNum=’2’>Mombasa</2ndCity>

                        <Label>Major Cities:</label>                                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’3’>Mombasa </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’4’>Lamu </majorCity>

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’5’>Malindi </majorCity>                     

                        <MajorCity cityNum=’6’ cityNum=’7’>Kisumu-Kericho </majorCity>          

                        <Label>Bordering Bodies of Water:</label>

                        <BorderingBodyOfWater <!--Also Lake Victoria --> > Indian Ocean </borderingBodyOfWater>

            </country>     

Syntax Errors found

• Non matching and mismatched Tags
• An element should not start with a number
• Mixed double and single quotes cannot be used in a single attribute
• Unclosed closing tags
• Comments being placed just before the element