Q5205 Where will XML be used?

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The applications that will drive the acceptance of XML are those, that cannot be accomplished within the limitations of HTML. These applications can be divided into four broad categories:

• Applications that require the Web client to mediate between two or more heterogeneous databases.
• Applications that attempt to distribute a significant proportion of the processing load from the Web server to the Web client
• Applications that require the Web client to present different views of the same data to different users.
• Applications in which intelligent Web agents attempts to tailor information discovery to the needs of individual users.

Read more in the Web Applications of XML paragraph in the XML - What's in it for us? article.

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