Integration Realities and XML
Adapters are important. In order for applications using XML to be integrated, the applications must externalize the information as XML. Currently, few applications are capable of doing so. In order to be most successful, the existing applications must either change so they produce and consume XML or, better yet, they must leverage XML-enabled middleware technology and adapters.
XML-enabled middleware technology manages the extraction of information from the source system (or systems) as well as the conversion of the information into XML (if required) and the placement of the information in the target system (or systems). All this occurs automatically and is transparent to the end user.
However, XML does not make ...
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