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XML: The Next ASCII
- XML is just a serialization syntax for semi-structured data, nothing more!
- Elements are ordered constraints, attributes are unordered constraints, no types.
- Self-describing since it allows the data to be marked-up with names.
- With namespaces allows the creation of shareable domain-specific vocabularies.
- This makes XML perfect for data exchange.
- XML does not compute: it just is a universal syntax for data(state) serialization.
- Example Data Exchange