XML

E3756

file format markup language

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible, text-based markup language designed for structuring, storing, and transporting data in a platform-independent way.

Aliases (10)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	file format → markup language →
abbreviation	XML →
allows	nested elements → userDefined tags →
basedOn	SGML →
canRequire	valid documents →
definedIn	W3C Recommendation XML 1.0 →
designedFor	storing data → structuring data → transporting data →
fullName	Extensible Markup Language →
hasDesignGoal	generality → simplicity → usability over the Internet →
hasFileExtension	.xml →
hasPrologComponent	XML declaration →
hasSpecification	XML 1.0 → XML 1.1 →
humanReadable	true →
inspiredBy	SGML →
introducedYear	1998 →
isSelfDescribing	true →
machineReadable	true →
mediaType	application/xml → text/xml →
namespaceSpecification	XML Namespaces →
platformIndependent	true →
queriedWith	XPath → XQuery →
requires	well-formed documents →
separates	content from structure →
serializedAs	text →
standardizedBy	W3C →
supports	Unicode → hierarchical data → tree structure →
supportsNamespaceMechanism	true →
supportsTransformationWith	XSLT →
textBased	true →
usedIn	Atom → RSS → SOAP → configuration files → data interchange → document formats → web services →
usesCharacterEncoding	Unicode →
usesSyntaxElement	CDATA section → attribute → comment → element → entity → processing instruction →
validatedBy	DTD → RELAX NG → Schematron → XML Schema →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
GML → MathML → NDC → New Distribution Capability → RSS → XHTML → XSLT →	basedOn
Charles Goldfarb → HTML ("XHTML") → SGML →	influenced
CSS → XML Namespaces ("XML attributes") →	appliesTo
GML → XHTML ("XML 1.0") →	conformsTo
RSS → SCL →	dataFormat
XML ("XML 1.0") → XML ("XML 1.1") →	hasSpecification
HyTime → XHTML →	relatedTo
OWL ("OWL/XML") → XML Schema →	serializationFormat
Adobe Dreamweaver → NetBeans IDE →	supportsLanguage
JSON →	alternativeTo
DocBook →	commonlyUsedAs
XML Namespaces ("XML 1.1") →	compatibleWith
RELAX NG ("DTD") →	competesWith
Apache Ant →	configurationFormat
Michael Sperberg-McQueen ("XML 1.0 specification") →	contributedTo
RFC 8040 →	dataEncoding
RELAX NG →	designedFor
World Wide Web Consortium →	developsStandard
Web 2.0 →	enabledBy
VMAP →	fileFormat
XML ("Extensible Markup Language") →	fullName
W3C Recommendation ("XML Recommendation") →	hasExample
Jon Bosak →	hasExpertise
SPARQL →	hasResultFormat
Jon Bosak ("XML 1.0 specification") →	notableWork
Directions API →	outputFormat
WinUI ("XAML") →	programmingLanguage
XML Schema →	relatedStandard
Jinja2 →	supportsOutputFormat
Oracle Fusion Middleware →	supportsStandard
CSS →	usedWith
IETF NETCONF Working Group →	usesEncoding
ISO 20022 →	usesSyntax
W3C markup validation tools →	validates