XML

XML - it's the great catchall three letter acronym of the last few years. Take a few minutes (4:31) to watch this fascinating video about where the web is headed

As you can see XML is all about creating content that can be shared seamlessly across different application standards.

It is possible to create complete websites using XML and XSL stylesheets. Mostly these days though it is used to add information to a site from an external XML feed.

We have created an XML parser to decipher feeds and deliver readable content back to the browser. A great level of interest is also being shown in RSS ('Rich Site Summary' or 'Real Simple Syndication') which allows companies to feed content from their sites to mobile devices or RSS readers.