XML passes from development to implementation

If predictions hold true, 2001 will be the year that XML begins to live up to its promise to improve business applications and Internet commerce. Vendors and research firms say XML is The Next Big Thing. The percentage of businesses using or planning to use XML has increased from 20% last year to 78...

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Published in:InformationWeek 2001-03 (830), p.116
Main Author: Patrizio, Andy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business forecasts
Consortia
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Extensible Markup Language
Internet
Language
Polls & surveys
Servers
Software
Statistical data
Suppliers
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Summary:If predictions hold true, 2001 will be the year that XML begins to live up to its promise to improve business applications and Internet commerce. Vendors and research firms say XML is The Next Big Thing. The percentage of businesses using or planning to use XML has increased from 20% last year to 78% this year, according to a survey sponsored by vendor XMLSolutions Corp. Zona Research predicts that the percentage of E-commerce transactions using XML will jump from 0.5% last year to 40% by the end of 2003. Sales of XML products and services will rise from $90 million last year to $2.4 billion in 2004, Upstream Consulting says. XML, in contrast to HTML, is extensible and does not have a fixed format. You can add tags and create your own markup language. This means you can create a document using almost any format and store the data in any conceivable structure. The tags let applications understand what kind of data is being stored and what format is being used.
ISSN:8750-6874