Overview of XML
XML is an acronym for Extensible Markup Language. It is a structure (format) and content description standard for ASCII documents (files), and is recommended by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The term XML document can be applied to application data, business documents (letters, memos, and so on), and any other computing information and data (configuration information, log files, and so on) that will be exchanged over the Internet. There are no restrictions for using XML in any particular context, platform, or environment. It can be used in a standalone environment, but its real power and capabilities are better appreciated when deployed in a larger-scale, distributed application integration scenario such as ERP, CRM, and B2B ...
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