XML log or

XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...

logging is used by many

computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as C ...

programs to log the programs operations. An XML

logfile In computing, logging is the act of keeping a log of events that occur in a computer system, such as problems, errors or just information on current operations. These events may occur in the operating system or in other software. A message or lo ...

records a description of the operations done by a program during its session. The log normally includes:

timestamp A timestamp is a sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, usually giving date and time of day, sometimes accurate to a small fraction of a second. Timestamps do not have to be based on some absolut ...

, the programs settings during the operation, what was completed during the session, the files or directories used and any errors that may have occurred. In

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, a logfile records either

events Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of ev ...

that occur in an

operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also in ...

or other

software Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...

running. It may also log messages between different users of a

communication software Communication software is used to provide remote access to systems and exchange files and messages in text, audio and/or video formats between different computers or users. This includes terminal emulators, file transfer programs, chat and instant ...

. XML file standard is controlled by the

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as the XML file standard is used for many other data standards, see

List of XML markup languages This is a list of notable XML markup languages. A * AdsML Markup language used for interchange of data between advertising systems. *aecXML: a mark-up language which uses Industry Foundation Classes to create a vendor-neutral means to access d ...

. XML is short for eXtensible Markup Language file. Microsoft, Turn Your Log Files into Searchable Data Using Regex and the XML Classes, by Roy Osherove, January 2004
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W3C XML homepage

XML 1.0 Specification

by

Rick Jelliffe Richard (Rick) Alan Jelliffe (born 1960) is an Australian programmer and standards activist (ISO, W3C, IETF), particularly associated with web standards, markup languages, internationalization and schema languages. He is the founder and Chief Tec ...

''XML, Java and the Future of the Web''
(1997) by

Jon Bosak Jon Bosak led the creation of the XML specification at the W3C. From 1996–2008, he worked for Sun Microsystems. XML Tim Bray, who was one of the editors of the XML specification, has this to say in his note on Bosak in his annotated version o ...

http://validator.w3.org/
The Official 3CMarkup Validation Service
The XML FAQ
originally for the W3C's XML SIG by Peter Flynn {{DEFAULTSORT:Xml log Computer file formats Computer logging Markup languages Open formats

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