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Figure 1.1 The problem of incompatibility in human conversations 2
Figure 1.2 Approach 1: Use of a translator to solve the problem of incompatibility 3
Figure 1.3 Approach 2: Making the communicating parties use a Common Language (CL) 3
Figure 1.4 Problem of incompatibility between applications 4
Figure 1.5 XML as the data exchange mechanism between applications 5
Figure 1.6 Incompatible data formats 6
Figure 1.7 Data exchange in a text format 6
Figure 1.8 Using EDI for data exchange 7
Figure 1.9 XML as the data exchange standard 8
Figure 1.10 Example of HTML tags 9
Figure 1.11 Basic difference ...