In this Executive Update, one in a series on Extensible Markup Language (XML), we'll focus on XML languages. One key to understanding the value of XML is recognizing that XML is a metalanguage -- it allows the creation of tailored languages that describe data that can be passed from one user or application to another.
Executive Update
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