XML file
Structured data container
An XML file is a document containing data structured using Extensible Markup Language, a format that uses tags to define elements in a hierarchy.
XML files are human-readable and widely used for storing configuration settings, exchanging data between systems, and defining document structures: The application reads its settings from an XML file.
Unlike HTML, XML tags are user-defined rather than standardized.
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- documentWritten or electronic file
- parserSyntax-interpreting program
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- elementBasic substance or factor
attribute · markup · data · nested · hierarchy · encoding · node · syntax · config · RSS · HTML · validate · serialization · namespace · bracket · metadata · structured · parse
XML filebinary file
Non-plaintext digital document
flat file · machine code · compiled code · CSV file · raw data
XML fileoral tradition
Culture passed by speech
database · relational database · analog storage · volatile memory · data stream