Ben Coffman wrote:
> Other then having to completely different systems speak with each
> other. What would be the reasons to use XML?
>
> Ben
1) Complete separation from the two systems talking to eachother (black
box treatment).
2) Built in data validation (in theory)
3) Atomic transaction, accept record set or reject record set
4) Human readable
5) Data 'self documenting'
6) Support availiable in many languages, databases,etc.
JD
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