XML uses documents as the transfer mechanism for data. XML is text.

• Creates large, standardized collections of data that can be processed by text tools
  • Data mining
  • Long-term retrospective trend analyses
  • Business intelligence (BI)
• Creates an infrastructure in which human beings are still part of the process
  • Troubleshooting
  • Generation of human-readable deliverables (e.g., catalogues)
  • Integration into existing social institutions