What is the meaning of XML in Fact-XML?
Fact-XML is an add-on to the Equilib program. After calculating an Equilib equilibrium, in the Results Window click on the ‘XML’ icon to an *.XML file and run Fact-XML. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere. The Fact-XML format used in Equilib was inspired by the MatML extensible markup language developed by NIST (U.S.) for the interchange of materials information. Storing the data in XML enables you to access, manipulate and plot all the Equilib derived information, much of which is not accessible in the FACT and ChemSage output formats. Since XML files can also be read through Excel software, you can manipulate the data as you wish. XML files are Internet friendly and can be accessed in a browser environment.
