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'''XML''' is a general purpose markup language. It is generally used to store data in a standard way and is useful for exachanging data. | '''XML''': eXtensible Markup Language - is, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML], a sub-set of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGML SGML] - Standard Generalized Markup Language - itself a standardised form of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM IBM's]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Generalized_Markup_Language GML]] - Generalized Markup Language. | ||
XML is a general purpose markup language. It is generally used to store data in a standard way and is useful for exachanging data. | |||
XML is commonly used as part of [[SOAP]] [[Web Services]]. | XML is commonly used as part of [[SOAP]] [[Web Services]]. | ||
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<customer id=2> | <customer id=2> | ||
The attribute ''id'' belongs to the ''customer'' element and the value of the attribute is 2. Data stored in attributes are generally used to allow easy processing of the XML file. In this example having an ''id'' element allows you to easily find the customer element using a [[FindNode]] function. | The attribute ''id'' belongs to the ''customer'' element and the value of the attribute is 2. Data stored in attributes are generally used to allow easy processing of the XML file. In this example having an ''id'' element allows you to easily find the customer element using a [[FindNode]] function. | ||
==Using XML with Visual DataFlex== | |||
*[[XML Logging]] | |||
*[[XML Replay]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||