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===XML Advantages===

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===Advantages===

* XML provides a basic syntax that can be used to share information between different kinds of computers, different applications, and different organizations. XML data is stored in plain text format.<ref name="w3chowxmluse">{{cite web|url=http://www.w3schools.com/Xml/xml_usedfor.asp |title=How Can XML be Used? |publisher=W3schools.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-31}}</ref> This software- and hardware-independent way of storing data allows different incompatible systems to share data without needing to pass them through many layers of conversion. This also makes it easier to expand or upgrade to new operating systems, new applications, or new browsers, without losing any data.

* It supports [[Unicode]], allowing almost any information in any written human language to be communicated.