ting. In this respect, Extensible Markup Language is not an improvement to HyperText Markup Language. Extensible Markup Language is truly a change in concept from HyperText Markup Language. The enormous possibilities are at the same time a great danger to the success of Extensible Markup Language. I described a few of the issues earlier in the paper. Keep in mind, Extensible Markup Language is not a solution in and of itself, but rather a tool to develop solutions. The tools developed through Extensible Markup Language are as good or as bad as the developers and their concepts. Basically, anything is possible. A programmer can create a highly effective, information-oriented language to a layout-oriented HyperText Markup Language extension which basically does not exceed the possibilities of HyperText Markup Language and miss the potential of Extensible Markup Language. It is said that Extensible Markup Language is no “pie in the sky.” The development is in full swing with increasing pace. For many sectors, user specific formats (or Document Type Definitions) will be established which enable the interchange of related data. Soon, it is estimated that there will be a large selection of tools, applications, and programs available that will support Extensible Markup Language. The difference in quality will be enormous. It is also estimated that beyond the web, Extensible Markup Language will be felt along the lines of standardization of data interchange formats. In other words, in the effort to standardize data names in like areas of business, the same standardization could be used worldwide for applications outside of Extensible Markup Language’s spectrum. Extensible Markup Language could improve efficiency in all respects of data exchange.With companies like Microsoft, IBM, Dow Chemical Co., DuPont, BASF, and a plethora of others working together to develop standards, the future of Extensible Markup Language and data int...
