Retrieving and Displaying XML
XML is retrieved and processed by a user agent that is capable of the following:
 | Loading the XML file. |
| Parsing the XML data structure. |
| Optionally -- formatting it for presentation, i.e., show the data. |
| Optionally -- be able to write XML data back to the original file. |
User agents can include the following:
| Web browsers (see below) |
| Mobile phones and PDAs |
| Database management systems (DBMS) |
| Application programs |
Viewing XML in Netscape and Internet Explorer
Netscape XML support
Netscape provides limited support for XML, specifically XML formatted via cascading style sheets.
XML in Internet Explorer 5 and 6
| Internet Explorer 5 and 6 fully supports the international standards for both XML 1.0 and the XML Document Object Model (DOM). These standards are set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). | ||||||||||||||||
| Internet Explorer 5.0/6.0 has the following XML support:
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