Where to start?

[Stephen T. Mohr]

As an interchange format, absolutely.  For example, you might want to enable
someone to extract plumbing specifications from a house plan for export to
the plumbing contractor.

As a native file format, not unless you plan interoperability with competing
products.

----- Original Message -----
From: <lee.harding at autodesk.com>
To: <xml-dev at ic.ac.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 1999 12:59 PM
Subject: Where to start?


>
> I'm trying to understand XML. Stop laughing.
>
> The single question is, of course, "what do I need to do in my
> applications?" My apps being the type that create documents
(productivity).
> I have found a glut of information about what XML is and isn't, but
somehow
> I'm still unable to see how it makes sense in such applications. What I
> understand is:
>
> 1) I can offload some code. Pre-fab parsers/validators, XLink and XPointer
> solve some problems that I have already solved. If I switch to XML I don't
> have to maintain some code that enables this magic. Less code is better,
but
> in reality it's a pretty small amount of code that doesn't take much
effort
> to maintain.
>
> 2) Although XML is not a solution to interoperability problems, solutions
> will probably evolve in terms of XML. It might make sense to use an XML
> format to be prepared for future developments. Gambling.
>
> I have more questions than information at the moment. Is that the general
> case out there? Where does it make sense to start integrating XML? As a
> document storage format? For object exchanges (interchange formats)?
> Elsewhere?
>
> Just thought I'd ask, :)
> Lee
>
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