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XML, eXtensible Markup Language

has data semantics:

- XML Infoset [ semantics ]

- XLink [ structure ]
- XML Namespace [ structure ]
- XPointer [ structure ]

- History of XML [ history ]

- XML exchange [ motivation ]
- XML extensibility [ motivation ]
- XML self-describing data [ motivation ]
- XML strictness [ motivation ]
- XML Vendor independence [ motivation ]

is standardized by:

- XML 1.0 Recommendation [ standard ]

- XML document [ document ]

standardized in:

- XML 1.1, Candidate Recommendation [ standard ]

Markup Technology

- SGML, Standard Generalized Markup Language, ISO 8879:1986
- XML, eXtensible Markup Language

Types:

is a Markup Technology

Comment:: universal format for structured documents and data: method for putting structured data in a text file
Comment:: XML is written in text, but isn't meant to be read by humans
Comment:: XML is a family of technologies -- XML, XSLT, XPath, XQuery
Comment:: license-free, platform-independent
Comment:: XML is a meta language to define markup languages: "XML application"
Comment:: self-describing data

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