when should information be stored in xml instead of a rdbms?

vital

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I just read the XML entry in wikipedia
and notice that the example given seems like it can be done with using a RDBMS as well. Both XML and a RDBMS can be used to store elements and attributes, so when should one use XML instead of a RDBMS to store their information?