Message brokers provide a flexible communications backbone and provide such services as data transformation, message routing, and message warehousing. MOM Message-Oriented Middleware Software that asynchronously connects two disparate systems using pure data messages transmitted in a variety of formats. MOM includes electronic mail software. XML is the common syntax and semantic information format that all messages use as they travel between integrated systems. A way to read and write back and forth between applications.
Application data is combined with a header of information about the data to form a message.
It is an asynchronous communications style and provides a loosely coupled message exchange across multiple operating systems. Data users do not have to spend time searching for needed data or request it every time it becomes available. XML Extensible Markup Language XML is the common syntax and semantic information format that all messages use as data are exchanged between integrated systems. Messaging environments that use pure XML messages can be used by any person with a text editor and a publishing tool.