> Any other reason to use XML if you're not referring to > importing/exporting syndicated content > with another site, another server?
I use XML so extensively at this point that answering this question is kinda difficult... kinda like, "Any other reasons to own a car beyond driving to work?" :D - Supplying content to client applications... Newzcrawler lets me know when my blog detects a new, incoming link by checking my CF-generated referrers.xml file. - Remote Procedure Calls... I can post to my blog via a third-party application using XML-RPC. - On a related note, I use a standardized XML file to tell those third-party applications what APIs that I support. - Storing content... JournURL keeps the actual text of a user's entries in a WDDX packet, with the database serving as a SQL-friendly index. - Storing non-essential metadata... since I've already got that WDDX packet sitting there, I can stick any old data in it. No need to add tables or columns to the database, unless the new data is important stuff that needs to be indexed. - When I want to tell an author that I've linked to her, I automatically send an XML "ping" to her server. Similarly, other folks can send me XML notifications which will magically appear as annotations on my blog. - Configuration files... I find simple XML easier to edit than .INI-style stuff. -- Roger Benningfield JournURL community-powered weblogs & diaries work: http://journurl.com/ blog: http://admin.support.journurl.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
