XML --
Stands for eXtensible Markup Language
and is the new "Super-Language".
Basically XML is a language used to create languages that are lightweight, can move and function over the Internet well and most importantly can be easily interfaced with each other.
The programming world, the computer world, the business world, the international financial community world wide are all being worked up (or working themselves up) into a frenzy of excitement over XML.
So every powerhouse group (all the Accountants in the world, Bankers in world, Mathematicians in the world, Business in the world and so on [also using any language in the world] can create their own "flavor" of XML (called an XML application) and all these different languages will be able to easily "mesh" with every other XML based language.
Even large companies or even individual persons (programmers) can create their own language (XML application). As we speak groups large and small are frantically developing XML applications (that they hope will become the world standard) for their group.
XHTML --
A type of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)that conforms to the strict rules of XML. The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium a group of geeky guys who dream-up and set the rules for all this stuff) just released the official version of XHTML as an XML application.
It is very possible (in the not to distant future) that XHTML (or even XML itself) will replace HTML as the primary foundation for Internet, Intranet and Extranet website development to conform to the up and coming new XML compliant Browsers and flood of XML applications.
This means that most websites across the world today will have to be "tweaked" and modified (some by programs but a lot by hand) to function in and conform to the new "paradigm" (wide spread new way of doing things) coming with "tidal wave" force.
VXML --
Stands for Voice eXtensible Markup Language and is one of the Hottest
of the "XML Applications".
Basically VoiceXML is used for "creating audio dialogs" or a way to bring
better and improved (what I like to call) "Intelligent Voice Response Engines" or what others call "Interactive Voice Response Applications" to
a web-based development environment.
In even simpler English, it will make it possible so that you can talk to your combined
Cellphone/Pocket PC and the computer on the other end will (more
intelligently/or more simply) be able to talk to you.
We are rapidly approaching the end of the Mouse, the Keyboard and
in somecases even the Monitor as much needed interface/input/output devices !!
You talk to the computer the computer talks to you.
This technology is "Long Overdue"
The New
VoiceXML 2.0 standard has just been released!
CLICK HERE if you what to read
the Official W3C
(World Wide Web Consortum)
very Technical (No Holds Bared)"Working Draft".
So far nothing above has addressed the question of whether or not XML has lived up all the HYPE.
Taking into concideration the above writings where written in the year 2001.
When we look back in retrospect and ask the question "has XML lived up to all the Hype"?
what is the verdict?
My answer would be as of the date of this writing (June, 1 2005)
no it has not.
LINKS
to
VoiceXML related sites
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