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 | | Note that XML naturally expresses the hierarchical syntax of the SQL query language which is used to serialize relational databases as one method of database backup, so this objection does not apply to the use of XML to serialize relational data, but pertains to the use of XML to express data relations directly. |
 | | XML's regular structure and strict parsing rules allow software designers to leave parsing to standard tools, and since XML provides a general, data model-oriented framework for the development of application-specific languages, software designers need only concentrate on the development of rules for their data, at relatively high levels of abstraction. |
 | | XML 1.0 and XML 1.1 differ in the requirements of characters used for element and attribute names: XML 1.0 only allows characters which are defined in Unicode 2.0, which includes most world scripts, but excludes those which were added in later Unicode versions. |
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