File Content Extraction 26.1
XML Export SDK C Programming Guide

# Overview

XML Export is part of the File Content Extraction Export SDK. It enables you to convert virtually any document, spreadsheet, presentation, or graphic into well-formed, valid XML. With XML Export, you control the content, structure, and format of the XML output using either easily customized templates, or the flexible and robust APIs.

The main purpose of XML Export is to apply an XML vocabulary to the data structures in a document so that content and metadata can be indexed and subsequently searched in context.

Data structures in a source document can be:

- metadata (title, author, subject, and so on)

- document components (headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, captions, bookmarks, and so on)

- Headings

- table components (sheet names, rows, columns, cell values, and so on)

Although viewing is not the main purpose of XML Export, Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) style sheets can be used to display the XML data.

The Export SDK is part of the File Content Extraction suite of products. File Content Extraction provides high-speed text extraction, conversion to web-ready HTML and well-formed XML, and high-fidelity document viewing.

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Version 26.1 | Last updated January 2026

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Product: File Content Extraction 26.1

Topic Title: Overview