Overview of XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that specifies a standard document format. Widely used to communicate between applications and across the Internet, XML is popular due to its relative simplicity and flexibility. Documents encoded in XML are character-based and easily read by machines and humans.
XML documents contain markup and content characters. These characters allow parsers to classify the information contained within the document. The document consists of tags, and elements are stored within the tags. Elements may also contain other markup tags and form child elements. Additionally, elements may contain attributes or specific characteristics stored as a name-and-value pair.
An XML document must be ...
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