RE: FN-FORUM: XML

date posted 10th August 2004 20:21

Jason Bell wrote:

>It's only a data format and is important, so it's worth looking at. Look at
>stuff like XSLT as well, it doesn't just stop at XML.
>There are times to use it and times to use a simple text file. You try
>telling that to some folks...

Your right it is only a data format that lends itself well to normalised
data.

I have seen some very clever code written which stores data in XML format
and uses XLST to present the data in the required format. This has allowed
for some very generic coding and a lot of flexibility being given to the
user to manipulate the end result.

XLST is useful to learn but XML is not, as was predicted a few years ago,
the kill system that will revolutionize the world (as I believe many said
about Java), just one step on the way, one more thing to be learned and one
more term to baffle none techies

Damon