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XML. Group # 2. RAHUL A. ANJU B. KIRA C. ASHAVINI L. SHRIKESH M. TERRY W. Overview. What is XML Needs of a Business How XML caters to the needs of businesses. Business Issues. The Good Efficiency of e-commerce Tags are specific and personalized The Bad
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XML Group # 2 RAHUL A. ANJU B. KIRA C. ASHAVINI L. SHRIKESH M. TERRY W.
Overview • What is XML • Needs of a Business • How XML caters to the needs of businesses
Business Issues • The Good • Efficiency of e-commerce • Tags are specific and personalized • The Bad • Different departments have different tags and different lengths • The Ugly • Major problems occur when data is being • shared between two different companies
What is XML? • Similar to HTML • Origin - SGML • An Extensible Markup Language
Organizations using XML • Automotive Industry • Financial Industry • US Department of Defense
Technical Description • - <Menu> • - <Meat> • - <Beef> • - <Dish> • <Name>Mongololian Beef</Name> • <Price>$8.95</Price> • <Description>Slices of beef with snow Peas, mushrooms, and vegetables</Description> • </Dish> • </Beef> • - <Pork> • - <Dish> • <Name>Hot and Sour Pork</Name> • <Price>$6.95</Price> • <Description>Pork tenderloin with diced bamboo shoots, onions, and peppers in a hot and sour sauce</Description> • </Dish> • - </Pork> (ETC…)
Variations • GML – Geographical Markup Language • MathML – Mathematics Markup Language • BIOML - for the annotation of biopolymer sequence information • CHEML – Chemical Markup Language • VoiceXML – for voice related data interchange
Alternatives • HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) • JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) • ONX (Open Node Syntax) • YAML (Aint Markup Language) • EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Standards Any specification that is significantly adopted by a diversity of vendors, or is recommended by a respectable, vendor-neutral organization. TWO MAIN BODIES: • THE WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM (W3C) • THE ORGANIZATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF STRUCTURAL INFORMATION STANDARDS (OASIS)
XML is… XML & Business - Issues - Who Uses XML Variations / Alternatives of XML Questions??? THE END Summary