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Hi all We all know the benefits of representing "static" documents in XML. But considering where [HTML, VRML, etc] content is to be generated on the fly, as is frequently done by CGI scripts, is XML suitable for encoding the output data in these types of applications? Considering a simple hangman game, the application could either: 1. receive user-input and generate XML as output, which then has to be formated 2. receive user-input and generate format markup language-content as output 3. another possibility? The first option has the advantage of allowing the service to be viewed in different formats for different clients. For the game's developer, the second approach is better because the presentation of content can be optimised for presentation on [a single] client device. Nonetheless, this level of formating could be achieved with style sheets. Apart from the obvious, the question is what value does the intermediate XML-step buy us? Why should the hangman-developer want this intermediate XML-step? Does anyone have any comments on the use of XML in this context. Thanks Nigel -- Nigel Byrnes "We continue..." Pete Tong Software Engineering and Applications Group, Philips Research Labs, Redhill. Tel: +44 (0)1293 815578 RH1 5HA. Fax: +44 (0)1293 815024 UK. GSM: +44 (0)7899 940391 Email: byrnes@p... xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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