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Understanding XML Basics and Usage

XML is a markup language used to store and transport data. It was designed to be software- and hardware-independent as well as self-descriptive. XML tags provide a way to describe data like a note with a <to> tag for the recipient, <from> tag for the sender, and other tags for the heading and body. However, XML does not perform any functions on its own but rather defines the structure of information.

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Understanding XML Basics and Usage

XML is a markup language used to store and transport data. It was designed to be software- and hardware-independent as well as self-descriptive. XML tags provide a way to describe data like a note with a <to> tag for the recipient, <from> tag for the sender, and other tags for the heading and body. However, XML does not perform any functions on its own but rather defines the structure of information.

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Introduction to XML

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XML is a software- and hardware-independent tool for storing and transporting data.

What is XML?

XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language

XML is a markup language much like HTML

XML was designed to store and transport data

XML was designed to be self-descriptive

XML is a W3C Recommendation

XML Does Not DO Anything


Maybe it is a little hard to understand, but XML does not DO anything.
This note is a note to Tove from Jani, stored as XML:

<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
The XML above is quite self-descriptive:

It has sender information.

It has receiver information

It has a heading

It has a message body.

But still, the XML above does not DO anything. XML is just information wrapped in tags.

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