5.4. Summary
XML has been the standard for sharing data not only over the Internet between business systems, but also within single systems. Just as HTML is used for displaying information, XML is used for describing and working with data. InfoPath goes a step further by utilizing XML not only for data storage, but also for describing InfoPath forms themselves.
XML can be made up of a single file or multiple files, depending on the purpose. Each of the Office applications can import and export data to and from XML files.
As shown, you can bind InfoPath forms not only to databases, but also to XML documents and schemas. When binding an InfoPath form, you can specify whether or not to include the existing data located in the XML or just the schema.
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