Welcome to the FIGIS XML FiMES development site.
In these pages you'll find information to help you in the process of tagging XML documents to be used with the Fisheries Metadata Element Set.

An introduction to XML and to the FIGIS information structure is available in PowerPoint format (click here to download it).

• Tools contains an overview and review of XML tools and software
• DTD is the gateway page to the FiMES XML DTD and related resources
• Structure gives you an overview of the high-level structure of the FIGIS FiMES DTD
• diXionary provides an alphabetical list of all the elements used in the DTD, along with a definition and a list of possible child elements and attributes
• Metadata provides information on the metadata structures used by FIGIS
• Documents provides an extensive list of resources for understanding and using XML
• Links provides a selection of XML, XSL and HTML-related resources
• Contact: for any inquiry or help request
• FiStat XML links to the FIGIS FiStat DTD, a standard for data exchange via XML

New links to general informations as FIGIS servers and databases.
• Server: a one page summary of FIGIS servers and the related datatbase