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XML for Analysis is a set of XML Message Interfaces based on Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) for defining the data access interaction between a client application and an analytical data provider (OLAP and data mining) working over the Internet.
The XMLA specification published by
Hyperion and Microsoft
allows corporate developers, third-party tool vendors, and other partners to query analytical data providers in a standard way, just as it has been possible to do with all the SQL-based relational databases.
What are the benefits of XML for Analysis?
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Customers will gain the ability to protect server and tools investments and ensure that new analytical deployments will interoperate and work cooperatively.
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Developers will gain the ability to leverage existing developer skills and to use open access XML-based Web services, eliminating the need to program to multiple APIs and query languages.
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Independent software vendors will be able to reduce complexity and costs for development and maintenance by writing to a single access interface.
To know more check www.xmla.org
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