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Summary
Name Extensible Markup Language
Version 1.0
Other names XML (1.0)
Identifiers MIME:  application/xml
PUID:  fmt/101
Apple Uniform Type Identifier:  public.xml
MIME:  text/xml
Family  
Classification Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure Full
Description The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general purpose markup language for creating other, special purpose, markup languages, and is a simplified subset of SGML. The structure and grammar of an XML document can be defined using a markup declaration, such as a Document Type Definition (DTD) or XML schema. A XML document consists of nested elements, each of which may have attributes and content. It typically begins with an XML declaration, defining the XML version and character set used. This may be followed by a Document Type declaration, containing or pointing to a markup declaration for the class of document. An XML document is said to be well-formed if it conforms to the XML specification; it is said to be valid if it additionally complies with a defined markup declaration. The formatting and transformation of XML documents can be controlled using the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL).
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Related file formats Has lower priority than Internet Archive (1.0)
Has lower priority than Geography Markup Language  
Has lower priority than XML Schema Definition  
Has lower priority than Scalable Vector Graphics (1.0)
Has lower priority than Scalable Vector Graphics (1.1)
Has lower priority than Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (1.0)
Has lower priority than Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (1.1)
Has lower priority than DROID Signature File Format (1.0)
Has lower priority than DROID File Collection File Format (1.0)
Has lower priority than Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (Generic)  
Has lower priority than Microsoft Visio XML Drawing (2003-2010)
Has lower priority than GPS Exchange Format (1.0)
Has lower priority than Keyhole Markup Language (XML)  
Has lower priority than LaTeX (Subdocument)  
Has lower priority than WARC  
Has lower priority than Chemical Markup Language  
Has lower priority than Internet Archive (1.1)
Has lower priority than Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny (1.2)
Has lower priority than Microsoft Management Console Snap-in Control file  
Has lower priority than TransXchange File Format  
Has lower priority than Domino XML Document Export  
Has lower priority than Domino XML Database Export  
Has lower priority than X3D (3.0)
Has lower priority than X3D (3.1)
Has lower priority than X3D (3.2)
Has lower priority than X3D (3.3)
Has lower priority than Vector Markup Language  
Has lower priority than INTERLIS Transfer File (2.3)
Has lower priority than INTERLIS Model File (2.3)
Has lower priority than Industry Foundation Classes XML  
Has lower priority than PKCS #7 Cryptographic Message File  
Has lower priority than Additive Manufacturing File Format  
Has lower priority than AbiWord Document  
Has lower priority than AbiWord Document Template  
Has lower priority than MusicXML  
Has lower priority than Mathcad Document (XML)
Has lower priority than Music Encoding Initiative  
Has lower priority than XML Property List  
Has lower priority than AAE Sidecar Format  
Has lower priority than EazyDraw File Format  
Has lower priority than iMovieProj File Format  
Has lower priority than NIB File Format  
Has lower priority than INTERLIS Transfer File (2.2)
Has lower priority than Redcode Metadata (RMD) File  
Has lower priority than Geography Markup Language (3.2)
Has lower priority than Scribus Document  
Has lower priority than GPS Exchange Format (1.1)
Has lower priority than Folio Infobase File (2)
Has lower priority than COLLADA Digital Asset Exchange (DAE)  
Has lower priority than Gnumeric  
Has lower priority than SK-XML (1.0)
Has lower priority than DIGIDOC-XML (1.1)
Has lower priority than DIGIDOC-XML (1.2)
Has lower priority than DIGIDOC-XML (1.3)
Has lower priority than FO File  
Has lower priority than xdomea (1.0)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.0.1)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.0.0)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.1.0)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.2.0)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.3.0)
Has lower priority than xdomea (2.4.0)
Has lower priority than Muvee Reveal Project File  
Has lower priority than Ableton Live Set (8.2.1 onwards)
Has lower priority than TEI P4 XML - Single Text File (P4)
Has lower priority than TEI P4 XML - Corpus File (P4)
Has lower priority than TEI P5 - Single Text File (P5)
Has lower priority than TEI P5 XML - Corpus File (P5)
Has lower priority than Adobe Audition Session File (XML)
Has lower priority than XML Forms Data Format  
Has lower priority than Agisoft Project File  
Has lower priority than ELAN Annotation File  
Has lower priority than ELAN Preference File  
Has lower priority than ISDOC Information System Document (5.x)
Has lower priority than ISDOC Information System Document (6.0.1)
Has lower priority than XML Shareable Playlist Format  
Has lower priority than Adobe InDesign Interchange Document  
Has lower priority than Roxio Data Project File (11)
Has lower priority than Roxio Audio Project File (11)
Has lower priority than LegalDocML Document  
Has lower priority than Capture One Settings File  
Has lower priority than Esri Shapefile Geospatial Metadata File  
Has lower priority than Media Hash List  
Has lower priority than ESRI Persistent Auxiliary Metadata File  
Has lower priority than Wireless Markup Language (WML) Document (1.1)
Has lower priority than FLExText Interlinear XML Format  
Has lower priority than Transcriber AG TAG Format  
Has lower priority than Transcriber TRS Format  
Has lower priority than xdomea (3.0.0)
Has lower priority than Audacity Project File (1.x)
Has lower priority than Audacity Project File (2.x)
Has lower priority than Final Draft Document (8)
Has lower priority than Camtasia Studio Project  
Has lower priority than Capture One Session File  
Has lower priority than OPML File (1.*)
Has lower priority than OPML File (2)
Has lower priority than Mass Spectrometry Markup Language  
Has lower priority than Draw.io Diagram (XML) File  
Has lower priority than SolidWorks Material Database File  
Has lower priority than IMF Package Asset Map  
Has lower priority than IMF Package Packing List  
Has lower priority than IMF Package Composition Playlist  
Has priority over Hypertext Markup Language (2.0)
Has priority over Hypertext Markup Language (3.2)
Has priority over Hypertext Markup Language (4.0)
Has priority over Hypertext Markup Language (4.01)
Has priority over Hypertext Markup Language  
Is supertype of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (Generic)  
Is supertype of TransXchange File Format  
Is supertype of AbiWord Document  
Is supertype of AbiWord Document Template  
Is supertype of MusicXML  
Is supertype of Mathcad Document (XML)
Is supertype of Music Encoding Initiative  
Is supertype of Geography Markup Language (3.2)
Is supertype of GPS Exchange Format (1.1)
Is supertype of Gnumeric  
Is supertype of xdomea (1.0)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.0.1)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.0.0)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.1.0)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.2.0)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.3.0)
Is supertype of xdomea (2.4.0)
Is supertype of Extensible Markup Language (1.1)
Is supertype of Final Draft Document (8)
Technical Environment  
Released 01 Jan 1998
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by World Wide Web Consortium
Supported by None.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 11 Mar 2005
Source description  
Last updated 14 Sep 2018
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