-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 houghi wrote:
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 01:28:09PM +0200, Azerion wrote:
Op dinsdag 4 april 2006 11:31, schreef houghi:
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:58:12AM +0200, Azerion wrote:
How is you're xml-thing going? (switch topic :P ) Lousy. I just can't get the hang of XML. I am afraid I will have to give up on it, because my technical knowledge is not sufficent. After all this time I still don't have anything real to show for.
Why do you want it in XML anyway? Can't this be done with a proper database?
XML is more convenient to be transformed into various formats, for example with XSL Transformation Stylesheets: - - HTML pages - - plain text files - - PHP arrays for a dynamic web interface - - SQL scripts for database - - Smart channel files - - Smart mirror config files ...
So it can be downloaded to your machine and used in a multitude of ways.
Yes, that too.
A database will be much more restricted to a single place that you then must contact.
And it's pretty much a tree structure anyway, so XML is a quite natural choice.
Having a (online) database would be perhaps not as easy to use in other programs or scripts. I am no idea, so make a database, put it online and prove me wrong. ;-)
I don't think a database would be very convenient. You have to provide
dumps and/or online access to be able to use the data.
cheers
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