What It Means
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You Know What To Expect
Well-formed, valid XML files are not going to surprise
you with unexpected data. You create your schema to be as
explicit as you need it to be, validate your XML files
using the schema, and your data should be just what you
expect it to be.
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Perfect Tree Structure Makes Processing Easy
The heirarchical structure of an XML makes it easy to
process. Each data instance has a know structure, each
element has known characteristics. The structure can be
used to access, update, or delete any data element.
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Client-side Processing
The perfect, predictable structure of an XML file allows
you to download the data and its processing to the
client.
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Content Has Meaning
Each data element has specific meaning and
characteristics. A date, for example, is identified as a
date rather than just be a string within some text that
looks like a date.
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International
Because XML understands Unicode, multi-language
publishing is possible.
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