The deal with XML is that it is a data-centric standard for moving any type of information that can be text encoded, It is platform agnostic, meaning that it is designed to deal with anything from a text pager to a mainframe.
XML is self-contained in that it points the receiving application to either a DTD or to one or more XSL stylesheets that give that application the information it needs to display, process, or store the encapsulated data. Being text, XML can easily be moved by the existing HTTP and HTTPS protocols. The point of XML is that it delivers a information in a way that does not require a lot of human negotiation between the developers or users on each side of the transaction as comma delimited text would. Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company At 01:53 PM 5/6/2002 -0400, you wrote: >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
