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XML: a multipurpose solution.(extensible markup language)

By Lamont, Judith
Publication: KMWorld
Date: Saturday, October 1 2005

For years, Extensible Markup Language (XML) has been touted as the great equalizer for content management, the technology that will let companies bring it all together. But partly because standards have taken a while to develop, its progress has been steady rather than swift. Now that Microsoft (microsoft.com) Word is XML-enabled, awareness of the format is likely to increase. XML blends flexibility with structure. When heterogeneous data needs to be transformed, integrated, presented and queried, XML is the way to go.

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