Examples of applications which can benefit from using XML

Question

Give some examples of applications which can benefit from using XML?

Answer 1

There are exactly thousands of applications which can benefit from XML technologies. The point of such question is not to have the candidate rattle off a laundry list of projects which they have worked on, but, quite, to permit the candidate to describe the rationale for choosing XML by citing some real world examples. For illustration, one suitable answer is which XML allows content management systems to store documents separately of their format that thereby reduces data redundancy.

Other answer relates to B2B exchanges or supply chain management systems. Within these instances, XML gives a mechanism for multiple companies to exchange data as per to an agreed on set of rules. A third common response includes wireless applications which need WML to render data in hand held devices.