What Does Extensible Markup Language (XML) Mean?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a universal format, maintained by the W3C, used for representation and transfer of structured data on the web or between different applications.

Techopedia Explains Extensible Markup Language (XML)

XML is designed to describe data but is not concerned with the data’s visualization. The tags created in XML are self explanatory and the user is free to define their own tags — hence the “extensible.”