Re: XML syndication

The whole point of XSLT is that you don't have to write your own
parser.  You can use an existing processor and write your own
templates to convert the XML data to any format you need.

Tim


http://www.yaffle.org/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Taylor" <lonewolf(at)one.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:42 PM
Subject: XML syndication


> I've gone to a few websites (particularly blog-related ones) that
proclaim
> they are syndicated, and then offer a link to an XML file.  The XML
breaks
> down each blog entry by title, description and link.
>
> Stupid question, but if I were an average Joe 20-year-old-blogger
who
> wanted to use this information (no, I'm not really 20, but one can
dream),
> what am I expected to do with it?  Develop my own parser and somehow
spool
> through the XML, converting it using XSL?!?  I thought XML was
supposed to
> make things easier.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Mike
>

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