Editing XML (section)

== Applications ==
XML has come into common use for the interchange of data over the Internet. Hundreds of document formats using XML syntax have been developed,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://xml.coverpages.org/xmlApplications.html |title= XML Applications and Initiatives |editor-first=Robin|editor-last=Cover|website=XML Cover Pages |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref> including [[RSS]], [[Atom (web standard)|Atom]], [[Office Open XML]], [[OpenDocument]], [[SVG]], [[COLLADA]], and [[XHTML]]. XML also provides the base language for [[communication protocol]]s such as [[SOAP]] and [[XMPP]]. It is one of the message exchange formats used in the [[Ajax (programming)|Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)]] programming technique.

Many industry data standards, such as [[Health Level 7]], [[OpenTravel Alliance]], [[FpML]], [[MISMO]], and the [[National Information Exchange Model]] are based on XML and the rich features of the XML schema specification. In publishing, [[Darwin Information Typing Architecture]] is an XML industry data standard. XML is used extensively to underpin various publishing formats.

One of the applications of XML in science is the representation of operational meteorology information based on [[IWXXM]] standards.<ref name="WMO2023_manual">{{cite book
 | author        = [[World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO)
 | title         = Manual on Codes, Volume I.3 – International Codes, Annex II to the WMO Technical Regulations, Part D – Representations derived from data models
 | publisher     = WMO
 | location      = Geneva
 | year          = 2023
 | isbn          = 978-92-63-10306-2
 | url           = https://library.wmo.int/idurl/4/35769
 | series        = Basic Documents No. 2
 | type          = Manual
 | pages         = 272
 | language      = English
}}</ref>