What is an XML INTERFACE on BOXIR2/R3

What is an XML-Interface on Business Objects?
What are the advantages of Xml Interface?
When it will be usefull?
How it is different for webi-Interface?
Edited by: mail raaz on May 20, 2009 6:15 PM

Hi Denis,
Yesterday our administrator asked me, he would like to install BO XIR3 application on XML-Interface enven i did not understand his intention.
Please let me know if you have any inputs regarding on the same.
I think,Infoview and web content is same as webi-interface...
I will wait for your early response.........

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Thought I'd respond to my own post so no one else has to waste time on this.
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