XML in der Automatisierungstechnik : Babylon des Informationsaustausches?

XML is about to take the automation industry's world of information exchange by storm. Thanks to plain text representation XML-based formats can be created in Babylonian varieties even with simplest text editors. This contribution takes a look at the current situation when deploying XML for specification of XML-based protocols and examines different possibilities provided by standard XML technologies for validating information exchange in operation.