Happy birthday, XML!
XML is a core standard used all over the internet, and in Kinoma Player too. On 2/10/2008, XML celebrates it’s 10th birthday!
This post is a little geeky, but I promise to keep it in English. And if you’re not a geek, right now you may be wondering…
What is XML?
XML is sort of like HTML. But HTML is used to markup web pages for humans, while XML is used to markup data for computers.
In short, XML is used when computers want to talk to each other.
As you’ve probably guessed just by looking at it, that’s a one-question quiz represented in XML.
What is XML used for?
XML is used for several things in Kinoma Player.
- Windows Media playlist/metadata files (.asx files) are XML
- RSS feeds, used to publish podcasts, are XML
- OPML feeds, used to publish collections of podcasts, are XML
- And last-but-not-least, the entire Kinoma Media Guide is XML!
If you’re interested in some of the human stories behind XML, my InternetFriend™ Tim Bray recently wrote an interesting post about the people who helped create it.
To everyone who helped create XML, thank you…and happy birthday!
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