XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a set of rules for encoding documents electronically. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C and several other related specifications; all are fee-free open standards.
XML’s design goals emphasize simplicity, generality, and usability over the Internet. It is a textual data format, with strong support via Unicode for the languages of the world. Although XML’s design focuses on documents, it is widely used for the representation of arbitrary data structures, for example in web services.
There are a variety of programming interfaces which software developers may use to access XML data, and several schema systems designed to aid in the definition of XML-based languages.
As of 2009, hundreds of XML-based languages have been developed, including RSS, Atom, SOAP, and XHTML. XML-based formats have become the default for most office-productivity tools, including Microsoft Office (Office Open XML), OpenOffice.org (OpenDocument), and Apple's iWork
Our experiences with this technology
Infoboss
Developing of Windows Forms application targeted forremote controlling of employees. It is a client-server system“Infoboss”. Client part represents a resident program which should bestarted by an employee at the beginning of his work. It captures alluser’s actions and writes them in a report file of a special binaryformat. The main feature was in reservation of a user’s informationprivacy. Server side could read report, generated by client, andrepresent information about employee’s actions in a user-friendlyformat.
Using tools: MS Visual studio 2005
Using technologies: C#, XML, WinAPI
