Hi , First of all it should be clear that XML is only a well organised representation of data a mere text file. It is not a software . U will have to append entries all by urself to the file, and marking up suitable tags ( say the attribute of ur relational table) . Data will have to be extracted via suitable scripts ( viz php, python, perl etc)
Database facilitates inthe way that u can access info easily with out much hues and cries . U can always create a XML representation with the data stored in ur database with proper scripts thus making ur task simpler. So it all depends on the kind of application u want. - Parag Agrawal B. Tech IIIT On 7/30/05, David Blomstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been gathering data for an animal kingdom > database for quite some time and am now trying to > figure out how to organize and display it. So far, I > have a table that lists every order, suborder, family, > subfamily, genus and species of mammal in a > child-parent relationship, like this: > > NAME | PARENT > Carnivora | Mammalia > Canidae | Carnivora > Canis | Canidae > lupus (the wolf) | Canis > > I also broke that table into separate tables listing > only orders, families, genera, species, etc., which I > can then display via joins. I haven't yet figured out > which methid is going to work best. > > I think I'd like to make a content management system, > possibly modeled after Wikipedia, though I'm also > looking at the Tree of Life website at > http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html > > They use a recursive array technique called Edge > Representation, which is discussed about halfway down > this page: > > http://www.phyloinformatics.org/pdf/7.pdf > > Another possible guide is the Animal Diversity Web - > http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/about/technology/index.html > - which uses something called Mousetrap and TaxonDB. > > This is all new and very confusing to me. Making > things even more confusing, I read that XML can be > used in lieu of databases, and at least one reference > seems to suggest that it's the superior choice. So, > before I get in any deeper, I'd like to ask about the > differences between XML and MySQL. What are the pros > and cons, and which would be better for an animal > kingdom database? Or could I use both at the same > time? > > I'm new to XML, too, but it looks like it might not be > too complex. But it's hard to envision how this all > fits together. > > Thanks. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- When the going gets tough only the tough gets going -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
