XML

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a structured text format commonly used for system integration, data exchange, and document-style payloads.

What is XML?

XML represents data as nested elements with optional attributes.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<people>
  <person id="1">
    <name>Monica</name>
    <age>29</age>
  </person>
</people>

Unlike delimited formats, XML is hierarchical and can include metadata as attributes.

Official Standard

XML is a W3C standard. Useful references:

• W3C XML
• Wikipedia

AnyWayData Support for XML

AnyWayData currently supports exporting table data as XML.

Export behavior includes:

• configurable root and item element names
• optional XML declaration header
• optional namespace on the root element (xmlns)
• selected columns can be emitted as item attributes
• XML names are automatically fixed when invalid, with warnings shown in the UI

If your source data contains special characters, AnyWayData escapes values for safe XML output.