为什么使用 XML 和 Web Service?
l 广泛接受的平台
Ø XML
Ø Web service
Ø Microsoft Office
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| XML is a widely used W3C Standard. Web services, which build on XML, are also widely used across many platforms. The Office products are installed on a large number of systems and comprise a widely-preferred suite of office-automation tools. The value of these products on their own can not be denied.
| The introduction of XML and Web services has had a profound effect on how businesses communicate with each other. These technologies are good tools for communicating data between unknown platforms and networks, making communication easier in the marketplace.
| Microsoft Office products, on the other hand, are the mainstay of the office environment for documenting, reporting, analyzing, and communicating between people. It only makes sense, that at some point, Office documents would want to consume and export XML and communicate directly with Web services.