XML is fast becoming the key language for an increasing number of new applications. It is poised to fundamentally alter the way information is delivered and used as well as enable the creation of new and powerful applications. It has a lot going for it and it certainly looks like a key technology that has the potential to shape the future, especially of the World Wide Web.
XML is a universal language for data on the Web that lets developers deliver content from a wide variety of applications to the desktop. XML promises to standardize the way information is searched for, exchanged, adaptively presented, and personalized.
Data such as customer information, credit card transactions, purchase orders, and fulfillment requests can be converted to XML and shared across applications without changing legacy systems. XML can be used to exchange data between Web server and browser or between trading partners without the existing systems needing any prior description of the data's structure.
Advantages of XML 1. Application independent. 2. Promotes inter business communication. 3. Long lasting. 4. Easily manageable.
XML Application Development Areas
XML is basically used for the following 4 purposes.
1. Helps to distribute information from the Web Server to the Web Client.
2. Gives the Web Client an opportunity to present different views of the same data for different users.
3. Assists the web client to act as liaison between two or more clients.
4. Helps to communicate between different business applications.
xpertworkshop have the experience and the technical know how to assist you in designing, developing and deploying open standard infrastructure solutions based on XML and related standards.
xpertworkshop focuses on following application areas:
1. Financial services (banking, securities, insurance)
2. Government
3. Legal publishing
4. Pharmaceuticals (drug approval process)
5. Collaborative design efforts
6. Intranet applications that work across databases, especially where policies must be enforced: purchase orders, expense requests, etc.