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'''Plain Old XML''' ('''POX''') is a term used to describethe basic [[XML]], sometimes mixed in with other, blendable specifications like [[XML namespace|XML Namespaces]], [[Dublin Core]], [[XInclude]] and [[XLink]]. PeopleThis typically use the term as a contrastcontrasts with complicated, multilayered XML specifications like those for [[Webweb Servicesservice]]s or [[Resource_Description_FrameworkResource Description Framework|RDF]]. The term may have been derived from or inspired by the expression [[plain old telephone service]] (POTS) and, similarly [[Plain Old Java Object]] (POJO).

:''POX redirects here. For other uses, see [[Pox]].''

'''Plain Old XML''' (POX) is a term used to describe basic [[XML]], sometimes mixed in with other, blendable specifications like [[XML namespace|XML Namespaces]], [[Dublin Core]], [[XInclude]] and [[XLink]]. People typically use the term as a contrast with complicated, multilayered XML specifications like those for [[Web Services]] or [[Resource_Description_Framework|RDF]].

An interesting question is how POX relates to [[XML Schema (W3C)|XML Schema]]. On the one hand, POX is completely compatible with XML Schema. However, many POX users eschew XML Schema to avoid the poor/ or inconsistent quality of XML Schema-to-Java tools.{{Fact|date=January 2009}}

POX is differentcomplementary fromto [[REST]]: in that the latterREST refers to a style for communication protocolspattern, while the former onlyPOX refers to an information format style. REST could be seen as POX over [[HTTP]] with some pecularities.

The primary competitors to POX are more strictly defined XML-based information formats such as [[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] and [[SOAP (protocol)|SOAP section 5 encoding]], as well as general non-XML information formats such as [[JSON]] and [[Comma-separated values|CSV]].

==External links==

*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa395208.aspx REST and POX article] from the Microsoft Developer Network

*[http://microformats.org/wiki/plain-old-xml-considered-harmful Plain Old XML Considered Harmful] from Microformats.org

*[http://static.springsource.org/spring-ws/sites/1.5/apidocs/org/springframework/ws/pox/package-summary.html Support for POX] in the Java Spring Framework

*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/plainxml/ PlainXML on SourceForge.net]

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POX is different from [[REST]] in that the latter refers to a style for communication protocols, while the former only refers to an information format style. REST could be seen as POX over [[HTTP]] with some pecularities.

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