Chapter 9 The World Wide Web 9.2 HYPERTEXT XML is"extensible, which means the tags used to describe and display data are defined by the user, whereas in HTML the tags are limited and predefined. XML can also transform information into new formats, such as by importing information from a database and displaying it as a table. With XML, infomation can be analyzed and displayed selectively, making it a more powerful alternative to HTML This means that business firms or entire industries, can describe all of their invoices, accounts payable, payroll records, and financial information using a Web-compatible markup language. Once described, these business documents can be stored on intranet web servers and shared throughout the corporation XML是"可扩展的",意味着用于描述并显示数据的标签被使用者定义,而在HTML中 标签是有限制的,而且是预先定义的。XML也能把信息转变成新的格式例如从 个数据库输入信息并显示为一张表格。使用XML,数据能被有选择性地分析且显示, 使它成为比HTML更有力的可选方案。这意味着商业公司,或整个行业全部能使用 与网络兼容的置标语言通过发票、可支付帐户、薪资记录和财政信息来描述。一旦 完成描述这些商业文件可以被储存在内联网网络服务器上并在整个公司共享 计算机专业英语 9-14Chapter 9 The World Wide Web 计算机专业英语 9-14 XML is “extensible,” which means the tags used to describe and display data are defined by the user, whereas in HTML the tags are limited and predefined. XML can also transform information into new formats, such as by importing information from a database and displaying it as a table. With XML, information can be analyzed and displayed selectively, making it a more powerful alternative to HTML. This means that business firms, or entire industries, can describe all of their invoices, accounts payable, payroll records, and financial information using a Web-compatible markup language. Once described, these business documents can be stored on intranet Web servers and shared throughout the corporation. XML是 "可扩展的",意味着用于描述并显示数据的标签被使用者定义,而在HTML中 标签是有限制的，而且是预先定义的。XML也能把信息转变成新的格式,例如从一 个数据库输入信息并显示为一张表格。使用XML，数据能被有选择性地分析且显示, 使它成为比HTML更有力的可选方案。这意味着商业公司,或整个行业,全部能使用 与网络兼容的置标语言通过发票、可支付帐户、薪资记录和财政信息来描述。一旦 完成描述,这些商业文件可以被储存在内联网网络服务器上并在整个公司共享。 9.2 HYPERTEXT