Why XML?

XML recently celebrated its 5th birthday and in its short life it’s managed to become de rigueur in nearly every application that’s released. Its quick and dramatic rise can be attributed to an increasing need for systems to communicate with one another, regardless of vendor or language. The sheer number of different systems available made communication between applications impossible without a common language that they could all speak.

Luckily, there exists an organisation called the World Wide Web Consortium, commonly referred to as the W3C, which establishes protocols for use on the Web. In February 1998, the W3C published the specification for XML 1.0, a simple but very flexible way of structuring data meaningfully. It’s simplicity meant that it could easily be adapted by applications and its flexible ensured that it would be used in a wide variety of ways.

There exists a multitude of excellent documents about XML and how it’s used and I’m not going to add to the crowd by publishing the same information here.

One recommended article can be found at XML.com – What is XML?

What I would like to concentrate on is how Amaxus CMS uses XML and what benefits it can bring you.