hI all ..
sorry for interuption but i'm also not having clear picture ..
i read many tutorials and docs about xml ...
but how to start and use it which would give me the feel that really i'm
getting benifitted with it ..
somebody can tell me use of xml in project ( step wise )...
thanx in advance
Jyoti Parthasarathy wrote:
> XML is mainly used for Data Interchange -
> Since the structure of the XML doc is very strict - on the client side the
> data can be just picked off from the page by parsing it.
> It is good for doing processing on the page - whereas processing a static
> HTML page and extracting any Info from it is not easy since there are no
> semantics involved and the structure is not strict - unclosed tags may
> reamin.
> Hope this answers your question
> Jyoti
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joona Palaste [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 12:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Server-Side Java & XML why?
>
> At 01:08 AM 9/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi, I've been doing a lot of research on XML to see if I can use it in
> >my projects. I've read a lot of material on it for weeks but can never
> >understand the purpose of it. I can understand it is good for
> >standardizing and transferring between external sources. It seems like
> >something big but I just don't get it.
> >
> >If I'm using java and have a database on my server why would I access an
> >XML file to generate a web page, when I can just read from a database.
> >A database has far more functionality probably faster, and there doesn't
> >need to be any parsing. I'm thinking if I'm like eBay, Buy.com or
> >Hotmail what do I use XML for?
> >
> >Can anyone expalin the real-world benefits of using XML?
>
> Erm, WML, which is used in WAP phones, is an extension of XML, I think.
> That
> should count as a real-world benefit.
>
> Joona Palaste
>
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