XML Specifications

XML provides a number of languages that work for business operations. Take a look at some of the applications that use XML formatting and how they may apply to your business website.

Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a system for companies to submit financial statements electronically. In 2011, the SEC switched EDGAR over to an XBRL platform.

The W3C recommendation for the XML Standard.

The InkML data format is used to represent ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages.

An XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. Using MathML, you should be able to serve, receive, and process mathematics just as HTML is.

The Visa Global Invoice Specification uses XML for business to business transactions. It is meant for transactions both over the Internet and in the physical world.