The XML Files
The absence of standards is the biggest, but not the only, flaw wracking XML, causing many to wonder if it's hardly the nostrum Web-based languages need.
Verizon Logistics' Walker, is simply glad that XML is available. Despite its flaws, as long as you carefully coordinate with your trading partners, XML remains a good way to communicate, he says. I can't think of a better alternative.
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What is XML?
XML is a Web-based standard that is designed to help companies conduct an almost endless variety of B2B information exchanges and transactions with customers and business partners. Unlike HTML, which offers a predefined vocabulary for building Web sites, XML lets software developers define their own vocabulary to build systems that exchange data, such as price and product information.
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