Re: Setting up an XML platform/website

Hello, Emile Bosch wrote: > > Is anyone interested in setting up an XML platform for PHP, where the use of > XML is explained, with sample PHP/XML applications and in-depth real live > tutorials? Since lot's of people underestimate the power of XML. Maybe, it's > nice to be ready when Microsoft's dotNet crashes in and launches an new XML > era. There are good and bad reasons for using XML. IMHO, bad reasons are: - It is the latest Internet mania (manias go as quickly as they came) - Microsoft is advertising it for .Net or whatever (XML was already useful before Microsoft had seen its potential) - Extracting data from database in XML to process or show it in some other format (XSLT) Good reasons are: - You need a data format for storing hierarchical data (documents, configurations, etc...) - You need a data format for exchanging system independent data (Web services) - You need to show abstract data in a human readable format Going to XML because of the first reasons is technically silly although a lot of people are buying into XML because of reasons like that. > Anyone wants to help building such an platform/website? You may want to look into this PHP Classes repository section before you bother to duplicate any efforts: http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/class/4 Regards, Manuel Lemos