[thelist] xml is good for...?

[Konstantine]

On 10/25/05, Jeremy Weiss <jweiss at cox-internet.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> * 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
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If your application
- will require diffferent users to have different views of the data
(e.g. display on your web site as html or send a publisher for
printing a book) or
-  will interact with data from different sources (e.g. you want to
exchange recepies with another appl.) XML is the way to go. You will
also be giving the opportunity to other developers developing, for
example, an agent to extract your recepies easily. A good place to
start would be http://www.xml.com.
K.