Re: Newbie trying to assess current XML capabilities

Hi, Paul:
When you write that XML "isn't well supported by browsers at this 
point", what do you mean?
As I think of XML as a server-side tool, I can't imagine how can a 
browser support it. I'd like very much if you can describe such support, 
or enumarate it's posibilities.
As I see it, I don't send XML to browser but transformed into HTML.
TIA
-- 
Juan Lanus
TECNOSOL

Paul Adelson wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> Keeping XML on the server side (as you do with Coldfusion and ASP) can enable
> you to get around one of XML's key limits: the fact that it isn't well
> supported by browsers at this point.
> 
> The company I work for is using XML to provide web-based real-time financial
> info to customers. XML provides the common back-end data language.
> 
> For instance, the data usually comes from our primary service provider's
> Informix database (via a secure internet connection). But when there's a
> problem accessing that server we get backup data from a Sybase database on a
> different server. At the presentation end (HTML generation via Coldfusion, JSP,
> or whatever), there is no need to worry about differences between Sybase and
> Informix (or Oracle or SQL Server or flat file), etc. as long as everyone
> structures their data consistently in their XML output.
> 
> hth,
>  -- Paul
> 
> Keith Purtell wrote:
> 
> 
>> Our company has been using HTML, CSS, ColdFusion and ASP to manipulate and
>> deliver information to and from databases. I'm exploring XML's possible
>> applications in our industry (healthcare information systems). However the
>> documentation seems to imply XML can't really do much yet (I have several
>> general XML textbooks). On the other hand I'm hearing that some major
>> companies are already using XML. What can XML do right now that I should be
>> studying? If I purchase an XML project book, are the examples going to be
>> theoretical or practical? What might be a good project book? TIA.
>> 
>> Keith Purtell, Web/Network Administrator
>> VantageMed Operations (Kansas City)
>> 
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