XML Projects in Japan and Fujitsu’s Approach to XLink/XPointer

The Extensible Markup Language (XML)1) is a markup language developed in response to a recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).2) It is a meta language used to make an information structure. XML’s original specification is the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).3) Now, XML is used not only as a format language but also as a framework in various areas beyond the SGML field. This paper describes the XML technology trends, the current state of XML technology, and some case studies in Japan and at Fujitsu. This paper also describes HyBrick,4) which is an XML/SGML browser that was demonstrated at SGML’97, and the XLink5)/XPointer6) technology.