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=== Option 3: EXtensible Markup Language alternative === | === Option 3: EXtensible Markup Language alternative === | ||
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a mark-up language that defines a set of rules for defining data in a format which is machine-readable but both software and hardware independent | Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a mark-up language that defines a set of rules for defining data in a format which is very focussed on being machine-readable but both software and hardware independent. | ||
You can see more about this approach on the [[xml webtags|XML webtags]] page, but that approach is now considered an obsolete one by some who find languages like PHP easier for humans to read, while XML is considered as the best approach for the future by others (for example the WMO and ICAO have recently specified a XML and geographical based approach for reporting weather conditions at airports and are persauding those running airports to swap from METAR in traditional alphanumeric characters as introduced when the shortness of the code was easiest for transmission by telex). | |||
=== Option 4: JavaScript Object Notation === | === Option 4: JavaScript Object Notation === | ||