UKNM: Re: XML

[Gregg Caines]

On the web it is invaluable as a method of separating content from

layout/markup.  The XML contains the content, and XSL or CSS

tell the web browser how to present it.  So if the XML is something

like...


<name>

<first name>Joey</first name>

<last name>Ramone</last name>

</name>


...then the XSL or CSS can have details on how to show a name, or

more specifically a first name.  In that way, the same XSL/CSS markup

sheet can be used for many XML documents (many different names in

this case), and if you want to change the layout of the page, you need

not tinker with the same document that contains the content.


This is a nice shift from the HTML paradigm where content and

presentation are all mixed up.  I don't think anyone is seriously using it

on the browser-side (since only newer browsers support it), but there

is quite a bit of it in use on the server-side, where pages can be put

together each time they are requested.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> I have heard that XML is the way forward in terms of web design and

> development. Please could someone explain what it is all about -

definition,

> benefits etc. and perhaps highlight some examples of web sites that have

> incorporated XML.

>

> Thx,

> Simon



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