Hello XML

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<FOO>
Hello XML!
</FOO>

• Plain ASCII or UTF-8 text

• .xml is standard file extension

• Any standard text editor will work

• The XML Declaration

  • version attribute

    • required

    • always has the value 1.0

  • standalone attribute

    • yes

    • no

  • encoding attribute

    • UTF-8

    • 8859_1

    • etc.