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1.2 XML Technology

Comparison of CSV format versus XML format:

CSV XML
Comma Seperated Values Extensible Markup Language
Flat Table Structure Hierarchical Tree Structure
All rows has the same columns Flexible list of fields within each node
Language dependency for delimiters, date and number format No language dependency for delimiters, date and number format
Difficult implementation of format checks Easy implementation of format checks
Easy to use for humans Easy to be used by IT systems
Designed for manual data entry Designed for automated generation

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