The International Development Markup Language (IDML) is an

XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. ...

-based standard for the exchange of information on aid activities. It is used by a number of donors to provide information to the

AidData AidData is a research and innovation lab located at the College of William & Mary that seeks to make development finance more transparent, accountable, and effective. The AidData website provides access to development finance activity records from ...

database of development finance. IDML was developed from 1998 onwards, building on a previous text-file format for exchanging development information, CEFDA (Common Format for Exchange of Development Information). Ideas from IDML were also fed into the development of the XML format used in the

International Aid Transparency Initiative The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) is a global campaign to create transparency in the records of how aid money is spent. The initiative hopes to thereby ensure that aid money reaches its intended recipients. The ultimate goal is ...

(IATI).

Further Information

IDML Initiative website with archive of resources from the standards development.

References

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