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Welcome to the Child Welfare Extensible Markup Language (CW XML) work group web site

Extensible Markup Language, commonly abbreviated XML, is a text-based format that lets developers describe, deliver and exchange structured data among a range of applications provided that the sender and receiver have agreed in advance on the data definitions. XML is used in many ways - to display data on a browser, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or cell phones; to integrate data; for forms generation; and as an archival method and to exchange data. XML is a relatively new language for data that has already been adopted by many industries. There are many commercial XML standards currently in place; however, to date, there is no XML standard for social service applications.