XML and Application Integration
XML and application integration are coupled. Application integration represents the larger problem of moving information between applications and data stores for any business purpose. XML provides a common mechanism for data exchange and integration with a variety of applications supporting a variety of design patterns.
What XML brings to the application integration party is not great technology, but the fact that XML, and some of the derivative standards, are forcing the application integration vendor community into leveraging standard mechanisms including XSLT and RosettaNet, within their now-proprietary products. What's more, the use of XML within the enterprise allows easy migration to a strategic B2B information ...
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