EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE

XML Glossary

XML — Extensible Markup Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a data format for structured document exchange. XML grew out of SGML. Like SGML (and indeed HTML), anExtensible Markup Language (XML) document consists of tags and text.
     In XML, the document designer defines the tags that are valid for that document, and assigns their meanings. This is in contrast to HTML, where valid tags and their meanings are fixed. The syntax of an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document is specified in an XML schema or XML DTD (XML document type definition).


Other topics in our resources on XML related to Extensible Markup Language include: 
 
  • XML schema
  • DTD (Document Type Definition)
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  • REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
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  • SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

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