Title: Guidelines for the Use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) within IETF Protocols
Author(s): S. Hollenbeck, M. Rose, L. Masinter.
Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Date: Jan 2003
Length: 64252
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a framework for structuring data. While it evolved from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) -- a markup language primarily focused on structuring documents -- XML has evolved to be a widely-used mechanism for representing structured data.
There are a wide variety of Internet protocols being developed; many have need for a representation for structured data relevant to their application. There has been much interest in the use of XML as a representation method. This document describes basic XML concepts, analyzes various alternatives in the use of XML, and provides guidelines for the use of XML within IETF standards-track protocols.
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