- XML: a set of rules and tools for creating well formed
Information Objects
- Provides a framework for constraining data (XML Schema)
- Provides a framework for ensuring data is of correct type (XML Schema)
- Provides a framework for rule-based validation of data (XSLT)
- Provides a mechanism for data transformation (XSLT)
- Provides a mechanism for addressing individual or unique objects (XPath,IChI?)
- Provides mechanisms for extension (Dictionaries)
- Provides a mechanism for querying (XSLT,XQL)
- Provides a mechanism for authentication (XML Signature)
- Provides a mechanism for formatting (XSLFO)
- Provides a mechanism for combining different MLs (Namespaces)
- XML components can be scaled up (aggregation) or down (Selected/filtered)
- XML provides a mechanism for exposure to other disciplines
© H. S. Rzepa, 2002.