mostly as a static library. A site designer would create, through HyperText Markup Language, a page on his/her computer and upload it to a web server. When accessed from the outside by a user, the page would display to the user exactly as the designer created it. Now, through Extensible Markup Language, users are accessing the web to view “pages” that are not actually stored on a web server. Instead, the pages are generated dynamically from information available to the web server. That information can come from databases on the web server, from the site owner’s enterprise databases, or even from other web sites. It takes the information and uses it to create a custom view for the user.And, the information that is displayed does not need to be displayed as it currently exists on the originating web server. Through Extensible Markup Language technology, the information can be analyzed, extracted, sorted, styled, and customized to create a personalized web experience for the end user. Extensible Markup Language can label data in very useful ways. Extensible Markup Language is also a meta-language (a language for creating other languages). This is important because with each application, the user can essentially create the language required for successful delivery of the task.The nature of Extensible Markup Language can be difficult to explain. Extensible Markup Language can appear to be different things to different people: For consumers and researchers, Extensible Markup Language promises to help search engines and intelligent agents return more meaningful results from inquiries for information into the World Wide Web. For all of the companies now looking to venture into the electronic commerce (e-commerce) market, Extensible Markup Language provides a low-cost way to exchange purchase orders, invoices, and other business-related documents over the World Wide Web. For content providers, the Ex...
