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04-26-2006, 05:19 AM
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05-02-2006, 11:00 PM
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 | It's true of XML in general inside and outside Flash - XML is a text stream and as such requires handling as a text stream which we all (or most) know sucks. XML is heavy in that regard. That said, if you can run XML documents as small fragments they can be exceedingly useful OR if you can use your XML in behind the scenes processes then it really doesn't matter that much. |
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05-07-2006, 11:31 AM
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   | This thread has been going on for years - it's almost unbelievable how many times it's come back to the forefront! From this, I can only assume one thing - a lot of people are still misinformed about what XML is, and why it's so special - let me try and clarify it a bit here: XML is a subset of SGML (Standardised General Markup Language), as is HTML - to further clarify, XHTML is a subset of XML - so we start going round here in perilous circles! At it's most basic, XML is a way of both describing and defining data within it - or, to put it another way, the schena holds information about the data it holds. Now, a lot of people probabbly think: "So what? That doesn't make it so special - why is it so popular?" - Well, this is a fairly simple one to answer: As databases have evolved over the years, the data they contain becomes more complex, and relationships between data become more difficult to define in a 'standard' RDBMS (note: XML is not a DBMS, or even an RDBMS, it is simply a format for displaying and manipulating data). Now - why is it popular - well, because of this surge in complexity, a way was needed to describe both the data, and the relationships that tied it together. SO a bunch of bright sparks came up with the idea of 'metadata' or data that describes what and how other data is and works. They laid this out, based on SGML as a standard in order to make applications that require this complex data be able to read it with a minimum of coding from the actual developer. Hence: XML Hope this helps
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