XML and Perl

Why Convert Another Data Format to XML?

XML is everywhere.You see it online, read about it in publications, see it in the bookstore, and that’s just the beginning. XML has quickly become the de facto way for applications to communicate. Although XML enjoys huge popularity, it is just now beginning to be widely implemented in applications; new standards are evolving almost weekly, and the technology still isn’t even close to reaching its full potential.

Now, you might ask, how does that apply to this chapter? XML is powerful and there are numerous tools available to make it work. A majority of new applications are incorporating XML as the primary data interchange and data storage format. Given that, most applications that want to seamlessly ...