Reasons for using XML

• Gives meaning to content

• Serve different sites based on user agent

  • Text-based (text readers, slow links, low-tech)
  • Netscape / Internet Explorer specific, TV, PDA

• Serve different formats based on need

  • Text, HTML, PDF, SVG, SMIL, VoiceXML...

• Interoperate with other web applications

  • - Business, semantic web, future-proofing?

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