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    XML is a text-based markup language derived from SGML that uses tags to identify and organize data without specifying how to display it, unlike HTML. XML has three main characteristics - it is extensible, separates data from presentation, and is an open standard. XML can be used to exchange information between systems, store and arrange data, and easily merge with style sheets to create various outputs. XML is not a programming language as it does not perform computations, but rather defines rules for encoding documents in a human-and machine-readable format using markup tags.

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    XML is a text-based markup language derived from SGML that uses tags to identify and organize data without specifying how to display it, unlike HTML. XML has three main characteristics - it is extensible, separates data from presentation, and is an open standard. XML can be used to exchange information between systems, store and arrange data, and easily merge with style sheets to create various outputs. XML is not a programming language as it does not perform computations, but rather defines rules for encoding documents in a human-and machine-readable format using markup tags.

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    XML is a text-based markup language derived from SGML that uses tags to identify and organize data without specifying how to display it, unlike HTML. XML has three main characteristics - it is extensible, separates data from presentation, and is an open standard. XML can be used to exchange information between systems, store and arrange data, and easily merge with style sheets to create various outputs. XML is not a programming language as it does not perform computations, but rather defines rules for encoding documents in a human-and machine-readable format using markup tags.

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    XML - OVERVIEW

    http://www.tutorialspoint.com/xml/xml_overview.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com

    XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It is a text-based markup language


    derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

    XML tags identify the data and are used to store and organize the data, rather than
    specifying how to display it like HTML tags, which are used to display the data. XML is
    not going to replace HTML in the near future, but it introduces new possibilities by
    adopting many successful features of HTML.

    There are three important characteristics of XML that make it useful in a variety of
    systems and solutions:

    XML is extensible: XML allows you to create your own self-descriptive tags, or
    language, that suits your application.

    XML carries the data, does not present it: XML allows you to store the data
    irrespective of how it will be presented.

    XML is a public standard: XML was developed by an organization called the


    World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is available as an open standard.

    XML Usage
    A short list of XML usage says it all:

    XML can work behind the scene to simplify the creation of HTML documents for
    large web sites.

    XML can be used to exchange the information between organizations and


    systems.

    XML can be used for offloading and reloading of databases.

    XML can be used to store and arrange the data, which can customize your data
    handling needs.

    XML can easily be merged with style sheets to create almost any desired output.

    Virtually, any type of data can be expressed as an XML document.

    What is Markup?
    XML is a markup language that defines set of rules for encoding documents in a format
    that is both human-readable and machine-readable. So what exactly is a markup
    language? Markup is information added to a document that enhances its meaning in
    certain ways, in that it identifies the parts and how they relate to each other. More
    specifically, a markup language is a set of symbols that can be placed in the text of a
    document to demarcate and label the parts of that document.

    Following example shows how XML markup looks, when embedded in a piece of text:

    <message>
    <text>Hello, world!</text>
    </message>

    This snippet includes the markup symbols, or the tags such as


    <message>...</message> and <text>... </text>. The tags <message> and </message>
    mark the start and the end of the XML code fragment. The tags <text> and </text>
    surround the text Hello, world!.

    Is XML a Programming Language?


    A programming language consists of grammar rules and its own vocabulary which is
    used to create computer programs. These programs instructs computer to perform
    specific tasks. XML does not qualify to be a programming language as it does not
    perform any computation or algorithms. It is usually stored in a simple text file and is
    processed by special software that is capable of interpreting XML.

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