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Validating my pages?? (good laughter)

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Ini, I think you may be missing the point of XML. Sure it's not a real language, it's a real mark-up language. You define your language's syntax by means of a Document Type Declaration that let's you parse your data for validity. XML isn't meant to do anything Java and Flash do (well, Java can be used to model data, but it doesn't do it as precisely), it's meant to be a glue layer between various applications. XML is a subset of SGML that is specifically designed with performance issues in mind. It lets you keep strict control over your data, in a format that is efficiently read and verified. What application does that have for web page design? Well, it does add a lot of work just for data-integrity checking, but suppose you add another application to your data, suddenly you have your data in a format that can be easily translated to multiple applications. Since the DTD defines the format of your data, you don't need to check the validity of your data in every application. The XML parser verifies it, and the various applications just do their thing. Have you ever noticed how much simpler an SQL database makes developing robust web apps than just using flat files? XML can offer many of the same benefits, but in a general form that is ultimately more flexible. -jiblet Loading...
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