There's tonnes of information in the cf-talk history about this topic... Xml is way more structured than a comma delimited file. It deals with things in a hierarchical view of its properties. Xml is a specification. What you do with it is endless... You can format it using xsl or css. You can use it as a data source between two sites.
Using soap, you can use remote objects like they're your own. This should replace complicated RPCs. Using dtd, you can define an unlimited amount of specs such as WML, HDML, VRML, MathML, HRML, XHTML, etc. These languages are all subsets of XML and are defined through DTD or XMLSchema, which ironically XMLSchema is itself an XML based language. DTD is it's own language, and it's the most standard for defining XML documents. This just scratches the surface. Look through the archives for all the different discussions on xml already. There is a plethora of information there... -----Original Message----- From: Kris Pilles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Whats the Deal with XML? I've read it all, seen it in action, heard how great it is but I don't get it? Why is XML so great? What is it going to enable us to do that we can not now? To be honest, it seems like XML is just a fancy way to send comma delimited data? What can we do with xml that we can't do with CFHTTP and a comma delimited file? What am I missing here? Anything? Kris Pilles Website Manager Western Suffolk BOCES 507 Deer Park Rd., Building C Phone: 631-549-4900 x 267 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
