Architects will tell you how XML is used to build open information systems with loosely coupled layers. Business Process Engineers will tell you how XML will improve revenue through automated supply chain message exchange standards. Each group has their own agenda and they all embrace XML as the solution to the problem. May 2000 Intel unveils two XML products . How to handicap B2B winners amid the chaos .
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The enthusiastic response is fueled by a hope that XML will solve some of the Web's biggest problems. HTML's concern with appearances makes it relatively easy to learn, but it also has its costs. It is debatable whether XML will improve WWW performance, but data search indexing will certainly become more intelligent. Another even more interesting problem that XML solves is in commerce standards like the Royal Edict of Babylon in 2500 BC . It's been said that history repeats it's self.