We're trying to steamline how people request the same information used
accross multiple allications. Let's say I have a news database that's used
in 20 different web applications (JSP, PHP, ColdFusion, whatever). I was
thinking of using XML to provide a Launchpad to easily get the same data
(like content subscription). We want to write CF scripts that will server
out this data based on URL flags provided by the user. I have a few
questions about this...
Is HTTP the most common way to transfer XML between web applications? Does
that require a lot of overhead or affect performance?
Am I reinventing the wheel? Should each application talk to databases or
XML feeds (that talk to databases)? I'm adding an extra step with XML,
right?
I imagine the answer to a lot of these is "it depends on your needs".
Regardless, I'd love to hear any suggestions on how (and if) to take this
approah. Any tips on architecting this type of information service would be
greatly appreciated. Am I going ".NET" with this? ;)
Thanks a bunch :)
EC
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