What does the following text represent?
<BOOK>
<TITLE> Ultimate C</TITLE>
<AUTHOR Bob Deshpande</AUTHOR>
> <PUBLISHER Columbia PUBLISHER
<PRICE>510.90</PRICE>
</BOOK>

The correct answer is Option 3) XML tags.

Key Points

• The given structure represents an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document with various XML tags.
• Each element in XML is enclosed within a pair of tags: an opening tag <TAG> and a closing tag </TAG>.
• In this example:
  • <BOOK>...</BOOK> is the root element.
  • <TITLE> Ultimate C </TITLE>, <AUTHOR> Bob Deshpande </AUTHOR>, etc., are child elements.

Additional Information

• Option 1 – XSLT expression: XSLT is used for transforming XML documents. It does not describe structure but rather transformation rules.
• Option 2 – XPath expression: XPath is used to navigate XML documents using path-like expressions. It does not define the structure.
• Option 3 – XML tags: ✔ Correct. The given text is composed of standard XML tags.
• Option 4 – XLink expression: XLink is used to create hyperlinks in XML documents, which is not shown in the given snippet.

Conclusion: The provided code consists of XML tags that define elements of an XML document.