XML <eXtensible Markup Language>
XML is a subset of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), the same language from which HTML was derived. Unlike HTML however, XML does not restrict programmers to a defined set of elements. XML's flexibility has propelled it into becoming the most widely used format for exchanging data between different computers. You know all of those TV commercials that advertise seamless real-time integration of separate business systems? Yeah, they just use XML to do that. |
