Css Help

posted on January 10th, 2005, 12:44 pm

umm...is XML like the thing at the end of some URL's?
like in:

http://www._______.com/___/______.HTML/

this is not a link...

NO!
You use XML to describe things(data) You can use XML to pass data through the Web (eventually via WebApplications) and validate the data you receive (check if the received data is valid) Those cehck-templates are called XSD; XML is forced by Microsoft with their .NET developement-plattform

Short for Spammers: YOU USE XML TO SEND INFORMATION, FORMATED IN A SPECIFIC PATTERN, TROUGH THE WEB;

[ewm90]

posted on January 10th, 2005, 2:21 pm

Last edited by ewm90 on January 10th, 2005, 6:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

it whood be http://www.____.com/____.xml

posted on January 10th, 2005, 7:45 pm

exactly right Smoerebroed, although for the benefit of non techies, its best to not even think of xml as anything to do with the web. Its is simply something that can be used on the web to help with sending data from one website to another.

For example, if website(a) wants to sell products that website(B) offers (and get a commission), then one way is to 'look' at the webpage and take the data from the page... however because web design changes very frequently even with the most stable sites, you cant guarantee that the product information will be in the same place as time goes on.
Now if website(B) offered an xml feed that website(a) could use, it would mean that the product list would not be coming off of the webpage (and thus wouldnt be affected by a web designers whim to change something) and it is much less likely to change over time. Also beacuse xml documents dont have the bulk of loading images or other html styling, the file would load faster and be much more efficient to use.

thats probably not a good explanation if a complete non-techy, but if you know some basic post-school maths, then think of an xml file like a large tree diagram where each branch is a bit of data that relates to the branch above.

posted on January 11th, 2005, 8:31 am

hmm right, but now for the overkill: You can use XML to store complex data(classes created with c++ or vb) from your RAM to your harddisk, altough XML is unable to process cycling references; mg:

posted on January 11th, 2005, 9:44 am

lol! glad to see u adding to the headache that the non-techcies reading the thread have after my attempt at simplifying xml

as for transfering from ram to the hard disk... well out of my area of expertise, although to my knowledge, xml doesnt process, it 'is' processed as its a markup language not a processing language ... although that me going waaaaaay off topic

posted on January 11th, 2005, 11:15 am

MAybe "process" is the wrong term; "Serialize" is a better term for that;