Extensible Markup Language: The E-Business Holy Grail or Tower of Babel.
This paper is a discussion of recent changes made in Mark-Up languages for e-commerce. The author of this paper examines the specifics of one particular mark-up language, XML, and considers its relation to the needs of the business community and e-commerce. The author of this paper argues for standardization in the production of mark-up languages and indicates how e-business requires technical standards in order to benefit from technological advancements. 14 pgs. 9 sources.