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Monday, December 16, 2002
XML and the Future of E-Learning - Patti Shank, LearningCircuits
You've probably heard of XML but may not know what it is or why you should care about it. Well, here’s why: The promise of e-learning is the ability to develop content (about learners or for the actual course) that’s reusable anytime, anywhere, any way you want. Unfortunately, that just isn't possible…yet. Enter XML, which according to many geeks—our own Answer Geeks included—has the potential for revolutionizing the Web. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, a standards organization that develops Web technology protocols to ensure that the Web stays interoperable. Basically, XML is supposed to simplify the translation of data in one type of document to another. Consider this: Different computer systems each have their own way of storing data, which makes it difficult to share data with each other. XML will enable heterogeneous systems to exchange data homogeneously.
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