[thelist] RE: The future of XML

[Tammy Rudotski]

Hiya All,

I've been watching the XML tennis match on this forum with quite some 
interest.  I think the article below will help clarify some questions that 
have popped up:

http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/XML/INTCXX/page1.html

The most important thing to realise about XML is that it is not a web 
development solution alone, it is an internet development solution.  You 
create a data structure, point it to some data, and can publish it to IEx.x, 
NNx.x, hand held devices, PDF, databases or anything else that can recieve, 
store or display data.  Take a look at the following quote from the article 
I referred to above:

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As problems go, It grows every time you turn around. Just how are you going 
to deal with all of these new devices? Suddenly everything is internet ready 
and your site has to accommodate them all. Figuring out how to deal with 
Netscape and IE were nothing compared to what is coming up. People will soon 
be viewing your site with a text browser that only show 6 lines at a time. 
Forget graphics.  Your site has to be reduced to the basics. Html is not 
good for these new browsers so you have to learn a new markup language.  
When web services and SOAP become mainstream you may not be presenting your 
data in a browser at all.  The worst part is that you have to write all of 
these So, how do you support all of these new devices, manage to keep your 
data consistent and actually keep your sanity?
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That pretty much sums it up.

Ta

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