[thelist] xml is good for...?

[Jeremy Weiss]

I'm planning out a new cook/recipe website and somewhere along the way I got the idea that this would be the perfect opportunity for me to finally use XML in one of my projects. So, I hopped on google and found a recipe DTD... but I'm not really sure where to go from there. 

Now, before I got this brain storm to use XML I was going to do my usual PHP/MySQL combo. After looking through quite a few XML websites I've got a couple questions.

* exactly what advantage would implementing XML offer me?
* and where, in the site/database/etc. would I implement it?

I guess if I can't answer the above questions myself, I should stick with what I know. But I've always wanted to do something with XML but I've never really found a use for it. All things considered I'd really like to find a use for it so I can move on to finding a project that will allow me to finally use those cleanser products I keep hearing about, SOAP and AJAX. :)

-jeremy