XML and e-business applications.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide you an overview of e-business applications and XML technology. First, we describe a general model of e-business applications, and identify the main types: inter-business applications (business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications) and intra-business applications. Next, we introduce the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and related technologies, standards and organizations, and we show some typical applications. Finally, we summarize how XML and related technologies can be used in building e-business applications.

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