[AccessD] What is XML

On 12 Feb 2005 at 22:17, Joe Hecht wrote:
(but only in the subject - bad!)

> What is XML

The first paragraph of http://www.w3.org/XML/

"Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format 
derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of 
large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also playing an increasingly 
important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and 
elsewhere."  

> And why do I care as an Access developer?

It is a standard for exchanging data between different 
applications/operating systems.  If you need to share your data with non-
Access applications, it provides a common interface.






-- 
Stuart