Microsoft christens XDocs application 'InfoPath'
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Microsoft on Monday announced the official name for the next member of its Office family, formerly code-named XDocs, and said a standards body for the healthcare industry is advocating use of the application as a way to help streamline medical records systems. Now officially called InfoPath, the application aims to make it easy for end-users to edit forms using the XML programming language. The forms can be used to extract and send business data to and from business applications running on back-end systems, and can help cut down on paperwork and reduce errors associated with manual data entry, according to Microsoft.