XML is a simple text-based language which was designed to store and transport data in plain text format. It stands for Extensible Markup Language. Following are some of the salient features of XML.
- XML is a markup language.
- XML is a tag based language like HTML.
- XML tags are not predefined like HTML.
- You can define your own tags which is why it is called extensible language.
- XML tags are designed to be self-descriptive.
- XML is W3C Recommendation for data storage and data transfer.
Dom Parser − Parses an XML document by loading the complete contents of the document and creating its complete hierarchical tree in memory.