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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: XML-RPC Re:

> As I see it, XML is a set of rules for generating data files. It is a
> bit more ambitious than just "a file format", but that's
> where it lies.

Hi, to be a bit more correct: XML is just a way to store data, nothing
more. Than you have a DTD (document-type-definition) or XSL (style
language) which describes how a particular XML file is structured.

> It is quite similar to the IFF standard proposed by Electronic Arts
> (used for instance for Lightwave objects), but in text rather than
> binary. In both cases the files have a tree structure.

Right.

> You can parse or create XML files with routines written in Java or
> Rebol.

Or anything else ;-) Robert

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