Quick XML Refresher
XML is a general-purpose markup language for describing structured, hierarchical data. The designers of XML intended for it to be readable by both computers and humans, rather than a binary format requiring special tools to process. XML is only a few years old, but it's already important for communicating between applications and in many other aspects of computing. Web development, semantic representations, configuration files, and business-to-business web services are just a few examples where XML is being used extensively. Here are some basic facts about XML:
You can create and process XML documents from any programming language or computer platform, not just in Java.
XML documents are highly structured, and all the ...
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