# Advantage of using XML over text files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advantage-of-using-xml-over-text-files/187117>\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advantage-of-using-xml-over-text-files/187117 "2006-04-26T19:34:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ayman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Ayman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ayman)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advantage-of-using-xml-over-text-files/187117/1 "2006-04-26T19:34:37Z")

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Is the only advantage that you can now create the XML files using a database, or a script, or something? Or is there something else?

Because reading the XML files (through AS) isn’t easy at all !!