'Big step forward' for software developers

An internet standards body has this week come one step closer to ironing out the age-old problem of communication and data exchange on the internet.

By Sally Watson, 3 May 2001 16:46

NEWS The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is urging businesses to adopt its recommendations for XML schemas, which make it easier to develop common vocabularies. XML (extensible markup language) is fast becoming the recognised standard for online data exchange. The schemas are considered a big step forward for software developers because they allow better description and interpretation of information. Developers previously were forced to use the less-flexible document type definitions (DTDs) technology to interpret vocabularies. "XML Schema makes good on the promises of extensibility and power at the heart of XML," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C director, in a statement. "In conjunction with XML Namespaces, XML Schema is the language for building XML applications." For more information, visit http://www.w3.org

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