Re: [PHP] Re: XML, what is that supposed to do?

2001-01-16 Thread Matt McClanahan
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Alex Black wrote: > for example, a DTD for that bookmark example above is unly useful if a bunch > of people agree on it as a standard, otherwise it doesn't do any real good. And to cite an example for this example, I'll point out XBEL, because as bookmark DTD goes, I think

Re: [PHP] Re: XML, what is that supposed to do?

2001-01-16 Thread Brian White
I thought I might weigh into this debate in a small way. My background is a little different. I have spent the last five years playing with SGML ( Standard Generalised Markup Language ) which is the ancestor of XML - basically, XML was invented by elements of the SGML community to create a "lighte

RE: [PHP] Re: XML, what is that supposed to do?

2001-01-16 Thread Maxim Maletsky
uff... that was long but very useful, thanks Terry - a good contribution for our developers team in here whom I just forwarded your email and for PHP-General archives. Cheers, Maxim Maletsky -Original Message- From: Terrence Chay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 20

Re: [PHP] Re: XML, what is that supposed to do?

2001-01-16 Thread Alex Black
> First when most people say "the internet" now, they pretty much mean > "the web" and e-mail. When people say "the web" they mean HTTP and HTML > (with a little SSL thrown in for e-commerce). HTTP is the transport protocol > (how it is delivered) and HTML is the markup language (the message). XML