<s>
CAML	O
(	O
Collaborative	B-General_Concept
Application	I-General_Concept
Markup	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
based	O
markup	O
language	O
used	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
technologies	O
(	O
Windows	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
and	O
Office	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
plain	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
CAML	O
contains	O
specific	O
groups	O
of	O
tags	O
to	O
both	O
define	O
and	O
display	O
(	O
render	O
)	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
definition	O
elements	O
define	O
lists	O
and	O
sites	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
style	O
as	O
basic	O
XML	B-Protocol
(	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
set	O
of	O
keywords	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
almost	O
all	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
in	O
a	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
installation	O
utilize	O
CAML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
CAML	O
is	O
very	O
important	O
in	O
site	O
and	O
list	O
definitions	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
ONET.XML	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
corresponding	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developers	O
can	O
use	O
CAML	O
to	O
query	O
against	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
lists	O
and	O
views	O
,	O
when	O
programming	O
against	O
the	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
API	O
(	O
CAML	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Web	O
Services	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
Object	O
Model	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CAML	O
query	O
syntax	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
graphically	O
from	O
an	O
existing	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
list	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
U2U	O
CAML	O
Generator	O
tool	O
and	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
