Re: XML and RDBMS/OODBMS

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:ashsa.14$zt6.16_at_news.oracle.com...
> "Useko Netsumi" <REMOVE_THISusenets_at_nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:b8d4cp$8t3kt$1_at_ID-159205.news.dfncis.de...
> > I'm new to XML and just finished reading the short version of
> "Understanding
> > XML in 10 minutes". I was just wondering why would anyone write xml for
> data
> > interchange?
>
> Here is my summary why XML is so great:
> 1. I can parse it.
> 2. I can send cookie recipie in XML to my aunt and she can parse it.
> 3. I can send cookie recipie to my aunt and she can apply a stylesheet to
> it.
> 4. Nesting is the best thing since sliced bread. I can receive

You forgot:

5. You don't need software to edit XML, like you do with every other data format.
6. The fact that XML uses tag and attribute names means you don't need a schema.
7. XML uses a tree structure, and the tree is the perfect universal data structure.

Marshall Received on Thu May 01 2003 - 21:18:12 CDT