XML¶
eXtensible Markup Language
In short
A fine-grained way to store records and fields, but also elements and sub-elements; used for wrapping Database contents and for representing Text (formatted) and its constituent text objects; is intermediate between HTML and SGML.
| item | info |
|---|---|
| types | Data (container), Database, Markup, Text (plain) |
| preferred | ⚠️ under conditions |
| extensions | .xml |
| related formats | Access, CSS, CSV, dbase, HDF5, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, JSX, Markdown, SGML, SIARD, SQL, TAR, TeX, Text, XHTML, XSLT, YAML |
| wikipedia | XML |