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tensible arkup anguage. It defines a standard way of encoding the structure of information in plain text format. It is an open standard of the World Wide Web Consortium that is based on extensible tags (extensible meaning that they are not pre-programmed, but can be defined by the creator). XML is currently considered best practice for the archival encoding of textual data, because it does not depend upon any particular software, and can be formatted through an XSL Stylesheet to be displayed in almost any format (including html, .txt, .doc). For more information see the E-MELD pages on XML.
A data format for structured document interchange that is more flexible than HTML. While HTML's tags are predefined, XML allows tags to be defined by the developer of the page. Thus, XML-defined Web pages can function like database records.
A universal format for structured documents and data on the Web. A file format for representing data, a schema for describing data structure, and a mechanism for extending and annotating HTML. Document Type Definition (DTD) tags carry information pertaining to a data structure and its content within a document. The tags are used by XML interpreters to understand the data contained within a particular document.
A metalanguage containing a set of rules for constructing other markup languages. With XML, people can make up their own tags, which expands the amount and kinds of information that can be provided about the data held in documents. It enables designers to create their own customized tags to provide functionality not available with HTML. For example, XML supports links that point to multiple documents, as opposed to HTML links, which can reference just one destination each.
An e tensible arkup anguage file contains data in simple ASCII that can be read with particular applications on a case-by-case basis. Much of the data contained within the World-Wide-Web is actually in this format.
tensible arkup anguage - W3C - XML is used to look at the data without the program that produced it. XML is a set of rules, guidelines, conventions, for designing text format for data, it produces files that are easy to generate and read, it prevents platform-dependency. XML uses the tags only to delimit pieces of data, and leaves the interpretation of the data completely to the application that reads it. XML files are nearly always larger than comparable binary formats. SGML was the preceding language used before XML.
Designed especially for Web documents, XML lets programmers create customized tags that provide functionality not available in HTML. Not only does it make the language easier to understand, it also lets you search and extract information. This can be particularly helpful for use in databases.
Extensible Mark-up Language - a new specification being developed by the W3C.
A metalanguage approved as a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendation in February 1998. A simplified version of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), XML captures SGML's key advantages (such as extensibility) without its more obscure features. Because it is a metalanguage (a language to define languages), it intrinsically offers Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) capabilities and can be used to create HTML documents. A family of XML-related standards (formally called "recommendations") has been under development by the W3C since 1997. These include XML Linking Language (XLink), XML Path Language (XPath), XML Pointer Language (XPointer), Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) and XSL Transformations (XSLT). Together, they form a critical foundation for today's Web-based computing and e-commerce infrastructures. (See XLink, XPath, XPointer, XSL and XSLT.)
A simplified version of SGML especially designed for web documents, developed by the W3C.
The E tensible ark-up anguage is a subset of SGML and a superset of XHTML. It is used for numerous things including (among many others) RSS and RDF.
XML stands for eXstensible Markup Language. XML is a subset of SGML used to structure electronic documents for interchange of structured data. XML is a trademark of W3C.
An Internet protocol defined by the W3C. A file format that includes within a file both data and rules for how the data is to be interpreted. Using XML, one can create XML languages – in effect, sets of terms that companies agree to use in a specific way in order to facilitate the exchange of data. Emerging as the most popular way to transmit data between applications and companies over the Internet.
XML defines rules to mark-up a document in a way that allows the author to express semantic meaning in the mark-up. XML does not necessarily restrict the author to certain tags (elements) as HTML and XHTML does. So, an author could decide to mark-up a recipe with tags like ingredient, step, oventemperature, and so on. However, sub-sets of XML have defined certain tags in certain ways. An example of this is XHTML.
eXtensible Mark-up Language is a set of rules for developing XML documents and applications.
A programming language that allows Web developers and designers to create customized document tags. XML offers greater flexibility in organizing and presenting information than is possible with the older HTML document coding system. See also HTML.
A simple version of SGML that is designed for web documents to enable customized tags and the definition, transmission, validation and interpretation of data between applications and organizations.
XML is a system that allows you to create common formats for multiple documents or files. These formats and their data can then be shared on the Internet. Any individual or group of individuals that wants to share information in a consistent way can use XML.
W3C's generic language for creating new markup languages. Markup languages (such as HTML) are used to represent documents with a nested, treelike structure.
A file format related to HTML. On one level, XML allows a programmer to "make up" a file format that is very portable. In practice, both sides of a data transaction must still agree. There are many standards boards, and supporting file formats, for this technology. XML is quickly becoming the base for all data transactions on the internet.
According to the W3C, XML is the universal format for structured documents and data on the Web. XML makes it easy for a computer to generate data, read data, and ensure that the data structure is unambiguous. It is extensible and platform-independent. XML is a language which stores data in a text-only format. Because of this, XML-based data can be used by any computer system and sent across any network, regardless of the platforms and software systems involved. XML is the industry standard for intercompatibility in data storage and retrieval. Once data has been stored in XML format, there is no limit to how it can be published. Information stored in XML is highly accessible even for non-technical users.
Emerging technical standard that specifies how two or more systems can share data through the Web or specialized middleware applications.
eXtensible Mark-up Language capable of representing new languages, and facilitating extensions to those languages.
tensible arkup anguage, a simple, flexible text format used to interchange data between computer applications. The XML standard is administered by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Like HTML, XML is a markup language, but unlike HTML, it is not limited to Web documents. XML lets Web developers and designers create customized tags that offer greater flexibility in organizing and presenting information than is possible with the older HTML document coding system.
tensible arkup anguage. - A markup language (like HTML is) which describes the data it contains. XML is very good for transferring data between applications and systems.
See eXtensible Stylesheet Language.
Extensible Mark-up Language - a widely used system for defining data formats. XML provides a very rich system to define complex documents and data structures such as invoices, molecular data, news feeds, glossaries, inventory descriptions, real estate properties, etc. As long as a programmer has the XML definition for a collection of data (often called a "schema") then they can create a program to reliably process any data formatted according to those rules.
Extensible Markup Language.
eXtensible Mark-up Language, used especially for web pages. XML allows designers to create their own customized tags to provide functionality not available with HTML. It is especially useful for pages that come from database information and parts of the page are standardized and need to appear the same many times.
Structured universal tagged language.
Stands for "extensible mark-up language" which is a more sophisticated version of HTML.
XML is a widely used system for defining data formats and provides a very rich system for complex documents and data structures.
A new specification being developed by the W3C. XML is designed especially for web documents. It enables designers to create their own customized tags to provide functionality not available with HTML. For example, XML supports links that point to multiple documents, as opposed to HTML links, which can reference just one destination each.
A simplified version of SGML designed for use on the World Wide Web. XML is a meta-language, not a specific markup language.
a specification, similar to HTML, developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for Web documents. XML contains markup symbols (tags) to describe the contents of a page or file, but unlike HTML, the markup symbols are unlimited and self-defining (i.e. designers can create their own customized tags and tag definitions). XML is a subset of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language).
XML is a standard data format used for text files and information in computer memory that allows easy data processing and exchange between different applications.
tensible arkup anguage: like HTML but more so - much, much more so. A scheme for defining a "language" that fully describes the semantic rôle of every piece of text in a document. It enables a file fully to describe its own contents thus: headlineHow XML works/headline bylineMike Holderness/byline date2006-01-01/date introXML enables a file fully to describe its own contents.../intro [back] What is missing, or wrong? Have you come across a term in the Guide that is not defined here, but should be? Do you disagree with a definition? What is missing, or wrong
Extensible Mark-up Language XML is used for Web pages as well as HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language). It allows the author to customise basic HTML by creating bespoke tags and behaviours.
An Internet language that is an ISO (Internet Standard Organization)-compliant subset of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a markup language consisting of text interspersed with a few basic formatting tags. XML is a metalanguage containing a set of rules for constructing other markup languages. With XML, people can make up their own tags, expanding their ability to describe the data types in a document.
is a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, and elsewhere.
Extensible Markup Lanuage
Markup language used to represent structured information in a standard way.
A new language which promises more efficient data delivery over the web. XML does nothing itself - it must be implemented using 'parser' software or XSL.
A language still under development for use on the World Wide Web. XML promises more versatility and power than HTML, but not many applications support the use of XML yet. Instead of using tags to describe how a document should look, it uses tags to describe the content of the document.
A simple, very flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere. (Source: W3C XML page http://www.w3.org/XML/)
A structured, tag based language for describing data. (Source: Dreamweaver MX 2004)
Allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation and interpretation of data between applications and organizations.
A simplified subset of SGML that is designed specifically for use with the World Wide Web and that provides for more sophisticated data structuring and validation than HTML. XML is widely held to be the successor to HTML as the language of the Web.
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A richer and more dynamic successor to HTML.
A language designed to identify document elements and attributes in a text stream for application processing in multiple domains. Because it is plain text, users as well as computers can understand the purpose of the data if descriptive labels are used.
HTML's beefy replacement.
tensible arkup anguage, a language based on SGML which provides greater structure and flexibility to the Internet. See http://www.jtauber.com/xml or http://www.w3.org/XML.
A simplified version of SGML intended for use with online information.
See: Extendable Markup Language.
Extensible mark-up language is an official recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium as a successor of HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up language) it can be used to convey documents layout and contents from one computer application to another. XML is a subset of SGML.
A flexible language for structuring text files, widely used for exchanging data between computer systems.
A meta language that allows users to define their own customised markup languages, especially in order to display documents on the World Wide Web. Widely adopted by forward thinkers as the way forward for the Internet due to its rigidity and rule based structure. Sliced try and make all of our new websites XML compliant.
XML is a standard to create electronic documents on the Internet. The first application of XML is to create Web pages, similar to existing ones but more dynamic. XML is not limited to only Web pages; potential documents include forms, EDI messages, channel definition (for push technology), application descriptions, etc.