Quoting Michiel van der Vlist on Wed 8 Jan 2003 16:34 to andrew clarke:

 ac>> Windows, or Linux computer. When data is written in XML, it
 ac>> can be transferred between applications, regardless of the
 ac>> factors that would typically mandate transforming the data
 ac>> into a useable format."

 mvdv> And how does that make it different from comma delimited ascii?

    No_Break_Space padding.

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