Okay, I'm gonna dive in again.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks to me like WDDX is really just an
agreed-upon schema for storing complex datatypes. Perhaps Allaire is just
planning on integrating more generalized XML stuff instead of the specific
WDDX schema. That'd be my 5-cent guest.
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Lowndes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:37 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: XML / XSL editor / CFX / COM object
>
> Great writing there, Brett. I entirely agree with your explanation.
>
> I was very concerned at getting involved in XML as it seems linked with so
> many other technologies (or acronyms!) that it's hard to know where to
> start.
>
> Now that I've written my first XML app I can now see many opportunities to
> exploit it in other applications and you can bet when I move on to my next
> project I'll be bearing in mind its extensibility ;-)
>
> I also agree that to truly realise some of the more advanced features of
> XML
> you have to go to a lower level of abstraction than CF can handle at this
> time, so I look forward to CF5 and Java (even though I know no Java
> whatsoever).
>
> I think it's a shame that Allaire gave up on WDDX. Sure it's got it's
> place
> in the CF community, but it could of been so much more. When was wddx.org
> last updated????
>
> Ben.
>
> p.s thanks for your help on CF-Community.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Suwyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 05 October 2000 18:04
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: XML / XSL editor / CFX / COM object
>
>
> Where to start....
>
> | XML itself is a scheme for data *storage*. Who cares about how the
> | data is stored?
>
> XML is also serves as transmission format, which allows data to be shared
> between applications/platforms. It provides a standard middle tier that
> is
> VERY powerful.
> <snip>
>
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