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Solutions: Yofitech looks at XML
Posted by: Charles on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 10:17 AM |
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Everyone is talking about XML, but few know what it is or how to implement it. The Extensive Markup Language is a robust way of breaking apart your data into meaningful chunks. It has nothing to do with structure and everything to do with semantics. An XML document uses other tools to format it for display or transport purposes.
In fact that is why XML is so appealing. You can present the same information in various formats, including but not limited to HTML, RTF, and PDF. You can use a DTD to validate your XML documents ensuring they meet your specified rules. Then you can style your XML documents through XSL or XSLT.
There are numerous solutions available on the server side, but it seems Java technologies are leading the charge. You could use Jave2 Standard Edition, Apache Tomcat, Apache Cocoon, and MySQL for a robust server solution.
The difficult part and most time consuming activity is marking up your data. Creating your own DTD's can be a herculean task as well, or you can use another organizations DTD.
Here is a great article showing how a business can benefit from using XML. The article highlights how a business can transform MS Excel spreadsheets into customized XML reports.
Copy and Paste the URL into your browser's address box:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/22/cocoon-excel.html
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