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www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points

XML is a set of rules (you may also think of them as guidelines or conventions) for designing text formats that let you structure your data.

XML in 10 points

XML is for structuring data
XML looks a bit like HTML
XML is text, but isn't meant to be read
XML is verbose by design
XML is a family of technologies
XML is new, but not that new
XML leads HTML to XHTML
XML is the basis for RDF and the Semantic Web
XML is license-free, platform-independent and well-supported

related technologies

Xlink -- hyperlinks
XPointer -- anchors and fragments
XSL -- advanced stylesheets
XSLT -- transformation language
DOM -- object model for application programmer interface
schemas -- to specify the structure of XML documents

separate data from presentation
transmit data between applications