(a bit of a misquote, when taken out of context): “XML and e-business and e-commerce go hand in hand,” Schmelzer said. “Its primary point of influence is the fact that users have no control over another trading partner’s systems. Therefore, without XML and standards, there is no way to reliably conduct electronic business on a large scale. XML enables an easier and hopefully seamless exchange of business information, which is not possible without a structured language such as XML.”

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