•<?xml version=“1.0”/>
•<address>
• <name>Alice
Lee</name>
• <email>alee@aol.com</email>
• <phone>212-346-1234</phone>
• <birthday>1985-03-22</birthday>
•</address>
•Markup for the data aids understanding of its
purpose.
•A flat text file is not nearly so clear.
•Alice Lee
•alee@aol.com
•212-346-1234
•1985-03-22
•The last line looks like a date, but what is it for?