Kinoma Notes

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!

• XML Peo­ple [Tim Bray’s blog]

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