XML Standardization Key to Publishing's Future

A structured, standardized vocabulary for sharing information, XML is a means to express content independent of proprietary platforms, applications and programming languages. It is available from many sources, understood by all content management (CMS) and digital asset management (DAM) systems, and is license and royalty free, Meirs said, making it the ideal lingua franca in an environment where consumers expect different types of content to be easily transferable across platforms.