Open standards XML

XML is a highly popular international standard markup language for documents containing structured information.

Structured information contains both content (words, pictures, etc.) and some indication of what role that content plays (for example, content in a section heading has a different meaning from content in a footnote, which means something different than content in a figure caption or content in a database table, etc.). Almost all documents have some structure.

A markup language is a mechanism to identify structures in a document. The XML specification defines a standard way to add markup to documents.

Since its introduction in 1996, XML has become extraordinarily popular. XML is supported by thousands of products and within thousands of organizations worldwide.

3Dsolve uses XML as a structured information storage system throughout its simulation learning products. 3Dsolve is committed to the continued use and expansion of XML as a core component in simulation learning development and deployment.

www.w3.org/xml