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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
Extended Architecture	XA		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Cross-System Coupling Facility	XCF		Abbreviation and Acronym List
eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language	XHTML	Linked Data Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A family of versions of HTML based on XML and standardized by the W3C. See also XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) [XHTML1 (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/)].
Excellence	XL	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Extensible Markup Language	XML		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Extensible Markup Language	XML		Abbreviation and Acronym List
eXtensible Markup Language	XML	Linked Data Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: XML [XML (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/)] is a specification for creating structured textual computer documents, subset of SGML enabling such documents to be served, received and process on the Web in the same way as HTML documents . There are many thousands of XML formats, including XHTML. It is part of a family of standards from the W3C. See also [XHTML1 (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/)].
Extensible Markup Language	XML	Terminology Services Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) (ISO 8879) as an application profile or restricted form of SGML. [adapted from W3C XML Specification]
eXtensible Markup Language	XML	Reusable Component Services (RCS) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form.
Extensible Markup Language	XML	Contracting-Related Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Extensible Markup Language	XML	Exchange Network Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A flexible language for creating common information formats and sharing both the format and content of data over the Internet and elsewhere. XML is a formatting language recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For guidance on the development of XML schema for the Exchange Network or related activities of the Network Technical Group, see the Exchange Network website at http://www.exchangenetwork.net.
Extensible Markup Language	XML	Emissions Inventory System Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A markup language for documents containing structured information. The XML specification defines a standard way to add markup language to documents. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet.
X/Open Portability Guide	XPG		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Extended Recovery Facility	XRF		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Extensible Style Language	XSL		Abbreviation and Acronym List
eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations	XSLT	Linked Data Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A declarative program to transform one XML document into another XML document.
Extensible Style Language Transformation	XSLT		Abbreviation and Acronym List
X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy	XAFS	EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Dedicated Science Technologies & Equipment	Taxonomy	Definition: Type of x-ray absorption spectroscopy showing fine structure in the spectrum resulting from electronic transitions between atomic energy levels
X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Spectroscopy	XANES	EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Dedicated Science Technologies & Equipment	Taxonomy
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy	XAS	EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Dedicated Science Technologies & Equipment	Taxonomy	Definition: Analysis of the energy absorbed across a spectrum of x-ray energies/wavelengths to determine the chemical structure and electronic states of the absorbing medium. [NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)]
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy	XPS	EPA EV-Research-Research Resources-Dedicated Science Technologies & Equipment	Taxonomy

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