Tutorial and Reference Sources

1.1. Where can I get a gentle introduction to XML and Perl?
1.2. Where can I find an XML tutorial?
1.3. Where can I find reference documentation for the various XML Modules?

Selecting a Parser Module

2.1. Don't select a parser module.
2.2. Tree versus stream parsers
2.3. Pros and cons of the tree style
2.4. Pros and cons of the stream style
2.5. How to choose a parser module
2.6. Rolling your own parser

CPAN Modules

3.1. XML::Parser
3.2. XML::LibXML
3.3. XML::XPath
3.4. XML::DOM
3.5. XML::Simple
3.6. XML::Twig
3.7. Win32::OLE and MSXML.DLL
3.8. XML::PYX
3.9. XML::SAX
3.10. XML::SAX::Expat
3.11. XML::SAX::Machines
3.12. XML::XPathScript
3.13. How can I install XML::Parser under Windows?
3.14. How can I install other binary modules under Windows?
3.15. What if a module is not available in PPM format?
3.16. "could not find ParserDetails.ini"

XSLT Support

4.1. XML::LibXSLT
4.2. XML::Sablotron
4.3. XML::XSLT
4.4. XML::Filter::XSLT
4.5. AxKit

Encodings

5.1. Why do we need encodings?
5.2. What is UTF-8?
5.3. What can I do with a UTF-8 string?
5.4. What can Perl do with a UTF-8 string?
5.5. What can Perl 5.8 do with a UTF-8 string?
5.6. How can I convert from UTF-8 to another encoding?
5.7. What does 'use utf8;' do?
5.8. What are some commonly encountered problems with encodings?

Validation

6.1. DTD Validation Using XML::Checker
6.2. DTD Validation Using XML::LibXML
6.3. W3C Schema Validation With XML::LibXML
6.4. W3C Schema Validation With XML::Xerces
6.5. W3C Schema Validation With XML::Validator::Schema
6.6. Simple XML Validation with Perl
6.7. XML::Schematron

Common Coding Problems

7.1. How should I handle errors?
7.2. Why is my character data split into multiple events?
7.3. How can I split a huge XML file into smaller chunks

Common XML Problems

8.1. 'xml processing instruction not at start of external entity'
8.2. 'junk after document element'
8.3. 'not well-formed (invalid token)'
8.4. 'undefined entity'
8.5. 'reference to invalid character number'
8.6. Embedding Arbitrary Text in XML

Miscellaneous

9.1. Is there a mailing list for Perl and XML?
9.2. How do I unsubscribe from the perl-xml mailing list?
9.3. What happened to Enno?