be the answer to eliminating our duplication of effort.One of the beautiful advantages of Extensible Markup Language is the ease of updating information across multiple output platforms. For example, if the book mentioned earlier was to be displayed in several formats: one for web, one for print, one for palm computers, and the sale price changed to something even more expensive, the data would only need to be updated in one place, one time. The same HyperText Markup Language result would require three separate updates. Expanding on that, it would require three updates, three separate testing phases, three times the time, and three times the cost! In Extensible Markup Language the style sheets remain the same! Looking at the Extensible Markup Language solution on an international level, the advantages over HyperText Markup Language are incredible. Let’s assume that in the US we create a site using Extensible Markup Language. The purpose of the site is to display a map of some area, and give driving distances. In HyperText Markup Language, the only way to display the driving distances to anyone from anywhere on the planet in their understanding of distance (we’ll use the mile and kilometer for the example) would be to create individual HyperText Markup Language pages for each unit of measure required. Or, you would be forced to show the distance in one unit of measure, thus reducing the usefulness or “friendliness” of the site. In Extensible Markup Language, the constructor could simply add the distances in the Extensible Markup Language code for each unit of measure required. They would add it one time and create a XLS style sheet to generate the output - one time. The site would essentially be customized for the user.Extensible Markup Language’s extensibility gives it still further advantages over HyperText Markup Language. While HyperText Markup Language tags must be blessed by an international standards ...
