Here's a simple example of an XML file and how it's used to structure data: XML is still used in many legacy systems, and both RSS and SVG are both based on the XML format. While XML is no longer the preferred method for organizing and transmitting data, it still has its place. In that way, XML has more in common with JSON than it does with HTML. XML provides programs, and more importantly, programmers, a standard, widely accepted format to transmit data across different systems. HTML describes the structure of a web page and its content, and XML describes the structure of data. Though XML, like HTML, is a human readable markup language, they serve very different purposes. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language and was created by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) in the 90s. Keep reading to learn what and XML file is, and how to open it both locally on your computer and in online editors.
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