XML (eXtensible Markup Language) provides a syntax to describe structured data. The data is apt to be delivered using Internet technology such as TCP/IP. Based on the '10 points' of XML published at the World Wide Web Consortium site (http://www.w3c.org), XML looks like HTML but it is not; It is text yet not intended for visual reading; XML is only part of a vault of technologies that support its world wide adoption in e-commerce and e-business development.