Glossary

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eXtensible Markup Language

(XML)

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a document and data markup standard. The concept of markup is to annotate a document with information which can be recognized as separate from the document content. This allows easier transfer of documents and data between applications. XML is important for Enterprise Application Integration, and for data transfer in e-commerce.

Extranet

An extranet is formed using secure, managed access to enable external participants to use an internal network. A typical example connects customers and suppliers to a corporate or plant internal network (an ‘intranet’) in order to access information deemed sharable by the intranet operators.