Web and technology
XML
Abbreviation for Extensible Markup Language
In short and in plain language
XML is a text format for data with a clear structure.
Machines can read it.
Many links between systems in healthcare use it. This lets them share data.
One example is electronic records of services. They are sent in this format.
Definition
XML is a text format for describing structured data in a machine-readable way. Many interfaces in healthcare use it to exchange data between systems. Electronic service records, for example, are transmitted as an XML data set.