勿庸置疑，目前XML已经成为通用数据格式，受到几乎所有编程语言的广泛认可和支持。

XML, without doubt, has been the universal data format in the recent past with wide acceptance and support in virtually every programming language that exists today.

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因此，无论数据格式是什么，大部分功能都是通用的。

So, much of the functionality is common regardless of data format.

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达成了通用的数据格式之后，下一步涉及到多个使用不同的编程语言的全异系统彼此间能进行通信。

After the common data format had been agreed to, the next step involved getting multiple disparate systems using different programming languages to communicate with one another.

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