Understanding the basic structure of an XML file

XML files are really just text files with the suffix “.xml,” so they can be created and edited with any application that supports text files.

ActionScript 3.0 has very strong support for XML. ActionScript 3.0 is based on the ECMAScript programming standard defined by the ECMA International standards committee. Part of this standard includes native support for XML. (To learn more about XML and ECMAScript, visit www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm.)