Who does XML belong to?

XML is a public format and does is not a proprietary of any company - it is officially recommended by the W3C. XML is a non license product, without tying to any one vendor. Different non profit groups support development of XML and other e-commerece solutions. RosettaNet ,for instance, is dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces.

By choosing XML as a basis for your projects, you buy into a large and growing community of tools. Large companies such as IBM, Microsoft (initiating Biztalk) Sun and Oracle are building applications and tools that use XML. XML - applications HOME This page created with Netscape Navigator Gold