Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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XML stands for “Extensible Markup Language”, provides independent tool for describing data.

  • XML data is also referred as self-describing, which means the structure of the data is fixed with the data. Therefore, no need to pre-build the structure of the data when it arrives to store in the database.
  • It is a markup language like HTML, contains a set of rules to format the documents that can be read by both humans and machines.
  • It is an open standard to create formatted documents and share the structured data using internet or corporate networks.

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