Re: XML and its uses

Joseph Kesselman wrote:

XML is a standard for writing standards for portable data interchange
representations. It's a substiset of SGML, which had previously been
used for that purpose (though primarily in the document markup arena.)
XML has turned out to be remarkably useful as a framework around which
to build domain-independent data manipulations.

Forgive me but, while that all sounds good, what practical, everyday
application does what you describe have?

We had a fairly significant, nationally based client recently ask us to
send them a report of their data to them, on a regular basis,
intellectual property law based data. They didn't want their data sent
to them in XML format...they wanted it in MS Excel.

You forgot to say "that I'm aware of" -- and you haven't been looking
hard enough. The legal code for the state of Tasmania is now being
maintained in a database system which takes advantage of XML markup, to
take one particularly visible example.

Well yes, that I'm aware of. Which is why I explained no one has asked
for their data, or sent me their data in XML format. No one has even
inquired about it. Ever. While we are not the biggest IP firm in the
nation, we are in the top 10 easily.

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