Why XML?

XML is

• easy to understand;
• non-proprietary plain-text:
  • human readable,
  • software independent,
  • hardware independent;
• (relatively) easy to write a parser for;
• widespread: very well supported by both commercial and open source software.

A Hurried Introduction to XML, slide 5 of 24

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