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there is no formal definition of a "data exchange language". Any file format (data format) can be used for data exchange (and storage). XML are occassionally coined as "data exchange languages", but this is only informal. Formally, they are structured, extensible markup languages with generic parsers available, and this wide availability of compatible parsers makes them suitable for data exchange. There obviously are benefits for using formal languages in data exchange, but this by no means warrants an article. The contents maybe could/should be merged somewhere and the article replaced with a redirect to a more appropriate place. [[User:Chire|Chire]] ([[User talk:Chire|talk]]) 08:30, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

: This is an "easy to use" term, but it doesn't actually convey any meaning beyond "language used for data exchange", which doesn't warrant the need for an article, at most for an wiktionary entry "Computer language used in the exchange of data". It doesn't even mean ''designed'' for data exchange. The article is also essentially ''orphaned''. Neither XML or YAML link to it - they use the much more precise terminology of being a [[markup language]]. As such, this page is essentially a [[WP:CRYSTAL]] attempt at defining a term that is occasionally used, but only informally. (Amazon.com gives me 0 hits when searching for "data exchange language" with quotes) --[[User:Chire|Chire]] ([[User talk:Chire|talk]]) 08:40, 20 September 2011 (UTC)