On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:39:48 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: >On Wednesday 08 January 2003 14:13 pm, Per Jessen wrote: >> However, for a new project covering a problem of how to represent >> data in a presentation-neutral way, XML is probably a good answer ? > >Possibly, probably, yes. Depends on your objectives: XML is no good if you >want your files to be e.g. human-readable, or as small as possible.
Agree. If those are the objectives, XML most certainly is not the answer. >In theory you could use a "renderer" program and a style sheet to render XML >into some other format, like HTML or PDF. In practice, there's usually no >stylesheet and no renderer program, and you have to write them yourself. Cocoon ? /Per regards, Per Jessen, Zurich http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-help@lists.isite.net/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
