deplyoment descriptor

do anybody know the exact reason for , why the deployment descriptor (web.xml) is in XML format........
[110 byte] By [sundhar_trya] at [2007-10-2 18:48:36]
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because XML is a common use format to impress a file with the specified format.jsut ,I think so.It's only my thought.
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