XML is becoming the defacto method for transferring data between applications and systems. The main advantages to creating a data backup or extract using XML are 1) because the data fiends are enclosed in tags, it is self-documenting; 2) data validation rules can be included with the files and 3) there is no export/import issues between applications.
No. CSS is meant for styling documents, and XML is used for storing data for later reading and manipulative actions.
XML is used for the strategic storage of data that can be read and manipulated later by a computer or a user. XML also serves as a base or standard for other languages, such as XHTML. XML is a markup language intended for storing, transmitting and displaying data. Its not a programming language so doesnt do anything on its own.
XML is more strict. For HTML, doing <b><i></b></i> wouldn't matter. That would be invalid XML. Also, XML has no set tags. It's for storing and retrieving set data, that can be used with JavaScript code.
XML file can be used for exchanging data . This is so because in XML file data is stored in form of nodes and sub nodes .Ex Facebook status is stored in one node then there are sub nodes for like, comment and share .
The extensibility of the query architecture is used in the LINQ project itself to provide implementations that work over both XML and SQL data. The query operators over XML (LINQ to XML) use an efficient, easy-to-use, in-memory XML facility to provide XPath/XQuery functionality in the host programming language. The query operators over relational data (LINQ to SQL) build on the integration of SQL-based schema definitions into the common language runtime (CLR) type system. This integration provides strong typing over relational data while retaining the expressive power of the relational model and the performance of query evaluation directly in the underlying store.
In XML data storage, the data is stored in a file which represents an XML Schema of the data. To read the data, you have to pull and open the entire file in memory and use technics like xpath to get the data element you want. In SQL data storage, the data is stored in a database ( usually relational database). To read the data, you simple sent an SQL query to the database. The database management engine analysis the query and get the required data elements you ask for in your query which is finally sent to you as a reply.
Yes it is. Its full name is Extensible Markup Language. It is for dealing with data, both storing it and transporting it on the internet.
Yes, XML can be used for data storage. XML store data in the form of nodes and sub-nodes.
XML uses XSL to describe data
xml is a markup language that is use to describe data, it doesn't do anything itself as it is not a programming language. You use xml to carry information in a standardised way across different systems so that it can be carried and read without any corruption or compatibility problems.
Some programs require XML-structured data. But there are ways around that, so if you know that programs do not need XML-structured data, then no -- you do not need XML.
xml is not a database, its a markup language that is used to transport data, information or bits of data are kept within xml tags and carried over the internet.