Reading and Writing XML Data

This chapter

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a universal format for exchanging structured documents and data on the web. For those unfamiliar with XML, XML in 10 Points provides a short introduction. It is taken literally from http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points, and is copyrighted © 1999-2000 by the W3C organization. Introduction to XML Support in AIMMS onwards explain in detail how AIMMS lets you employ the XML data format from within your AIMMS applications.

Further information about XML

If you are unfamiliar with XML, the explanation given here will probably not be sufficient. The best starting point to obtain further information about XML, as well as references to specific XML specifications, formats and tools is the W3C XML site http://www.w3.org/XML/.

• XML in 10 Points
• Introduction to XML Support in AIMMS
• Reading and Writing AIMMS-generated XML Data
• Reading and Writing User-Defined XML Data