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Why is DFEC looking into XML?
XML is a text-based markup
language that is fast becoming the standard for data interchange on the Web. Since XML is
not a
binary format, files can be created and edited with anything from a standard
text editor
to a visual development environment. Having XML on the front end of a database makes it possible to efficiently store large amounts of XML data as well. So XML provides
scalability for anything from small configuration files to a company-wide data repository.