tom potts wrote:
Beware trends: XML provides little more (over EDI peer to peer) than a nice way to view Data. But ask yourself why you would want to view data that is meant to be pumped straight into your business system?
I disagree, xml /can/ be used to seperate content (data) from presentation, and also allows the data to be protected from a particular technology. ie if you change database, it is possible to write a new xsl transform to insert it into your new database from vendor Y with very few problems... and of course the obvious web based transforms wuch as html/wml/vrml spring to mind ;)
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Tom
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