Be sure you know the advantages of XML for your application before jumping in. A few years ago, when XML was the “newest hot thing”, I tried to find out if it was a good thing to learn for my job. Eventually I decided that the biggest advantage of XML was exchanging data between unlike systems; that it would be of no help in an environment where the data was not meant to be shared.

The biggest downside I saw is the overhead. Instead of birth date taking 10 characters, 2003/10/07 it can take many more: 

<DOB>
   <DBYear>2003</DBYear>
   <DBMonth>10</ DBMonth>
   <DBDay>07</ DBDay>
</DOB>

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Is it worth it? It wasn’t for me.

YMMV

-theo-
(so many nodes and so little time ... )
Note: All opinions are untested, unless otherwise stated

In reply to Re: XML as part of the Web app warchest.... by Theo
in thread XML as part of the Web app warchest.... by jdtoronto

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