Hi Ben, I will try to summarize XML in several sentences!
�Why to use it?� XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, but it covers a whole family of new technologies. The major players in the software market made it clear that they would support XML. Moreover, they implemented these technologies into their new platforms such Microsoft .NET, Oracle9i, etc. �When to use it?� XML can be used to: - Exchange data between applications, databases, computers using different platforms, TV sets, WAP phones, and wireless devices. There is MusicXML to process music for instance. I think XML will be the only way to transmit information from enterprise sources to wireless devices! - Build reports using XML, DOM, and XSLT or XSL-FO. XSLT gains more popularity among WEB and Database developers and became the standard for Adobe and Crystal Reports. If you try to Save Microsoft Word document As HTML and then check the source, will see mix of HTML and XML! - Build WEB sites using XML. �How to use it?� I can explain only two XML samples from the conference. �XML Set� is a tool, which retrieves data into a XML file and produces simple report in XML-HTML format automatically in few seconds, using R:Base SQL, XML, and XSLT. It navigates trough the R:Base database to choose a source, name of files, restrictions, and one column for total summarizing. XML file contents data and XSL the presentation. Both of them are text, human readable, cross-platform, and XML formed files. Then you can get the XSL file and change it using XSLT, CSS, and HTML to produce a sophisticated Web or print-on-paper report for Windows, LINUX, Unix, or whatever. The second sample demonstrates how useful can be XML to build a Web site. It is a mix of R:Base, Triggers, Store Procedures, XML, CSS, Jscript, and XSLT. Let us suppose that you have a home web page or frame with a menu into it. You can manage that menu entirely from R:Base without to edit any code. If you insert, delete, or update a table Menu from R:Base, a store procedure outputs a XML file named �Menus.xml� into the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot folder and it is all. You have new home page! This is the logic to build and maintain a whole Web site by R:Base. That is perfect technology to build Web catalogs for instance. Konstantin Gudjev _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
