A data record, such as the result set of a query. Graphical presentation, such as an application's user interface. Standard schema entities and types. All links between information and people on the Web. Once the data is on the client desktop, it can be manipulated, edited, and presented in multiple views, without return trips to the server.
Servers can now become more scalable, due to lower computational and bandwidth loads.
Also, since data is exchanged in the XML format, it can be easily merged from different sources. XML is valuable to the Internet, as well as to large corporate intranet environments because it provides interoperability using a flexible, open, standards-based format, with new ways of accessing legacy databases and delivering data to Web clients. Applications can be built more quickly, are easier to maintain, and can easily provide multiple views on the structured data. Data is separated from the presentation and the process The power and beauty of XML is that it maintains the separation of the user interface from the structured data. XML separates the data from the presentation and the process, enabling you to display and process the data as you wish by applying different style sheets and applications.