What is XML?

[Anand Gopal]

This might be funny to all the people who read this but I need to know what exactly ix XML and what is it used for? Can any of u enlightened people please answer my query

Take care & Luv all u coders

Anand

eXtensible Markup Langauge(XML). Think of it as user defined HTML tags (simplistic I know). It can be used to define and describe data.
Exmaple:
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What is XML?
This might be funny...

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It doesn't take much to see that this describes a post to a thread and contains the data(message) posted.
What can it be used for? The sky is the limit. Using XSLT you can render this, or any XML document, to HTML. You can filter, add, remove, or otherwise manipulate the document. You can combine two or more into one. You can transmit data across a network in this format(SOAP).
It is really much too broad of a subject for here. Surely you have seen magazine articles, web sites, books, etc. If not, start at www.mirosoft.com.

Sorry, better this way.

<THREAD>
<POST>
<SUBJECT>What is XML?</SUBJECT>
<MESSAGE>This may seem funny...</MESSAGE>
</POST>
</THREAD>

[Anand Gopal]

Thanx a lot who ever u r man it did help me alot.

Take care & Luv all u coders

Anand