what is xml?

A system used for marking the structure of text on a computer, for example when creating website pages is called XML.

Extensible Markup Language is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. 

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a markup language that is used to store and transport data in a structured format. It was designed to be both human-readable and machine-readable. XML uses tags to define elements and attributes to describe them, similar to HTML.

• Xml (eXtensible Markup Language) is a mark up language.
• XML is designed to store and transport data.
• Xml was released in late 90’s. it was created to provide an easy to use and store self describing data.
• XML became a W3C Recommendation on February 10, 1998.
• XML is not a replacement for HTML.
• XML is designed to be self-descriptive.
• XML is designed to carry data, not to display data.
• XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags.
• XML is platform independent and language independent.

What is XML? The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple text-based format for representing structured information: documents, data, configuration, books, transactions, invoices, and much more. It was derived from an older standard format called SGML (ISO 8879), in order to be more suitable for Web use.