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- Full name: Extensible Markup Language
- Developed by: W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
- Derived from W3C's previous programming language, SGML
- Is an open standard
- Often compared to HTML, but functions differentlyW3Schools.com: Introduction to XML
- Language is text-based
- Used to store and transport informationW3Schools.com: Introduction to XML
- Users define their own program functions, called tags
- First "Working Draft" was published by Tim Bray and C. M. Sperberg-McQueen on November 14, 1996W3.org: Extensible Markup Language (XML) (November 14, 1996)
- Officially released by W3C on February 10, 1998W3.org: Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (February 10, 1998)
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XML is an abbreviation for Extensible Markup Language, a type of computer programming language. It is a standard and specification designed to transport and store data.W3Schools.com: Introduction to XML Users can create custom data elements and markup languages. XML is designed to easily transfer these elements between users, primarily over the Internet.
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Different From HTML
Because it is text-based and built upon programming elements called tags, XML is often compared to HTML. But the two languages are fundamentally different. XML is designed to store and exchange data, while HTML is made for graphically displaying data.W3Schools.com: Introduction to XML
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XML Questions
What is XML? 1 AnswerXML is a language that was designed to transport and store data. While HTML and XHTML are designed to display data. read more
Is there a good open source program for repairing malformed XML? 2 AnswersWow.....yikes. Hmmm. The unfortunate part is that if an XML document is not "well-formed", then as far as the parser is concerned, it might as well not even b... read more
XML transformation using OPENXML in SQL 2005? 2 AnswersHi, This T-SQL will do what you asked for, but it would need to be modified if you have more than one element to work with. I couldn't tell from your example ... read more
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