Editing XML data binding (section)

==Data binding in general==
One of XML data binding's strengths is the ability to [[serialization|deserialize]] objects across programs, languages, and platforms.<ref>[https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/odm/8.12.0?topic=binding-what-is-xml "What is XML binding"] IBM. Retrieved 2024-04-16.</ref>  You can dump a time series of structured objects from a datalogger written in [[C (programming language)]] on an embedded processor, bring it across the network to process in [[Perl]] and finally visualize in [[GNU Octave|Octave]].  The structure and the data remain consistent and coherent throughout the journey, and no custom formats or parsing is required.  This is not unique to XML. [[YAML]], for example, is emerging as a powerful data-binding alternative to XML. [[JSON]] (which can be regarded as a subset of YAML) is often suitable for lightweight or restricted applications.