Extensible Markup Language (**XML**) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.
- Utilized often in [BBEdit](obsidian://open?vault=Coding%20Tips&file=Computers%2FMac%20OS%20X%2FBBEdit) for CLMs.
- [This](https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_tree.asp) is a fantastic article explaining how an XML diagram which we learned about in software engineering directly translates to the XML code that is used by the system. This is why diagrams are so important in software engineering overall.
- This [website](https://www.hezhengda.io/xml-file-from-quantum-espresso/) discusses how to extract XML files from quantum espresso.
Extract Value from [XPath Tool]([http://xpather.com/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEFrOUp0QnNFZGUwdlNNdDI0Z2ZsbkZmUmpld3xBQ3Jtc0tsX3JXTk1raHpQb2VHSEFOdlVBbTJ4eVlEdGk3a3BMSGpGczhMT0FTUWZpQ3hnV0h0UW1RRG1xOE5EMGNVSmRLRWo4SmtGSnczX2xjb0RBajR0aUVXOEtJRS1OSDk0eEc2NUp2a2xOM191dXZOMlNPTQ&q=http%3A%2F%2Fxpather.com%2F&v=U-MZJ6rbqi4))
[Retrieve XPath](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblczUWVNMHB0ZFVxcGlXWGp3MGNjalhEUnBVQXxBQ3Jtc0tuaVRUTUJlN0hjeEpEQS03eS1jQmdGY0U4ODlDUzBqUE1xNVAzcFV6ZDZJM1U3clJmVy0tQkZIN2dNV0hDRjhYaTQyb3A3VVlzU2ZNazRSeWREM3E5dUthWWdETURQbWlXc2dGLTQ5LU8wa1JTR0dlUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fxmltoolbox.appspot.com%2Fxpath_generator.html&v=U-MZJ6rbqi4) by clicking on XML Document
DOM stands for Document Object Model. It represents the content of xml as a tree structure.
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It can easily read, access, update the contents of the document & it is a programming interface (API). It is an object-oriented representation of the web page.
All XML DOMs can be accessed by any scripting language like Javascript.
Every web browser uses some document object model to make web pages accessible via JavaScript.