what are the uses of XML?

[kenneth k]

what are the uses of XML?

[Yes I am here!!]

XML is a cross platorm software that allows you to integrate systems. For example you can write xml code on an IBM mainframe and pass the data to a windows or linux server where you have an xml program that sorts, stores, etc. XML allows you to have one programmer for both systems.

[Apprentice]

XML eXtensible Markup Language: a simplified version of SGML that can be used, esp. on the World Wide Web, to create a tagging scheme that allows elements of a document to be marked according to their content rather than their format

[sheepbalz]

A good example of a use for xml is a shopping site that sends the users name, address, cc info in xml format over to the credit card verifier who in turn sends back the response in xml for the shopping site to know if the credit card was accepted or declined. Another example is one site providing data for inclusion into another site. XML is handy because it allows you to set tag for each type of data in it.