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key: pl/xml
kind: plang
name: "XML"
url: https://plangs.page/xml
---

# XML

> Markup language used for storing and sharing data.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data in a way that is both human-readable and machine-readable. It is widely used for data interchange over the Internet.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1996
- Homepage: https://www.w3.org/XML/
- Languish ranking: #31

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Data Exchange](https://plangs.page/paradigm/data-exchange)
- [Markup](https://plangs.page/paradigm/markup)

### Platforms

- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)

### Type Systems

- [Untyped](https://plangs.page/type-system/untyped)

### Target Of

- [Nickel](https://plangs.page/nickel)

### Influenced

- [XProc](https://plangs.page/xproc)

### Tags

- [Acquisition](https://plangs.page/tag/dataq)
- [Workflow](https://plangs.page/tag/workflow)