SCIENSITY: Why do we need XML?

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Data-exchange

XML is used to aid the exchange of data. It makes it possible to define

data in a clear way.

Both the sending and the receiving party will use XML to understand the

kind of data that's been sent. By using XML everybody knows that the

same interpretation of the data is used

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has been for several years the way to

exchange data between businesses.

EDI is expensive, it uses a dedicated communication infrastructure.

And the definitions used are far from flexible.

XML is a good replacement for EDI. It uses the Internet for the data

exchange. And it's very flexible.

More possibilities

XML makes communication easy. It's a great tool for transactions

between businesses.

But it has much more possibilities.

You can define other languages with XML. A good example is WML

(Wireless Markup Language), the language used in WAPcommunications.

WML is just an XML dialect.