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XML is a meta language to define markup languages: "XML application"
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separates syntax from semantics
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one method for representing structured data textually
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XML only describes how you can structure, store and retrieve information
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software is needed to send, receive and display xml documents
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is designed to describe data, not to display data
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universal format for structured documents and data
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data can be self-describing
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platform independent -> stored in plain-text format
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no fixed collection of markup tags, app. must define own tags
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XML does not DO anything!
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is an application of SGML
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XML is text, but isn't meant to be read by humans: just an exchange syntax
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