XML is about publishing content. period. i believe m$ is only interested
in controlling it - nothing more, nothing less.
XML is about storing and retrieving content efficiently - usually with a real
database. it is the next step for web content IMNSHO. and guess what? you
may want to sell your content too! FreeTrade to the rescue! ???
-ski
---- begin paste from Sybase White Paper ----
� XML markup is more complete and disciplined than HTML markup.
� XML supports the definition of application-oriented markup tags.
� XML separates formatting and presentation specifications from document
content.
These characteristics facilitate the use of XML for document presentation and
make XML documents suitable for data interchange and storage. This leads to a
requirement for XML-formatted documents to be generated from data stored in
SQL databases, to be stored within the database, and to have data extracted
from the documents stored in the SQL databases.
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Dave Thomas wrote:
>
> > XML is a great tool for some (maybe I am still not conviced, and it
> doesn't
> > work yet anyway), and not needed for most end-user based apps. You just
> > have to convert XML to HTML for your users to see it in their browsers
> > anyway. M$ would love for you to think that XML is the next big thing. For
> > me I don't give a damn.
>
> Nice take. My opinion exactly.
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