Hello:
I have a database application programming
background (Oracle SQL+, dbase, MS Access), and have been studying XML for
awhile (6 months+). I've seen several case studies (especially at Microsoft)
using XML as a legacy database interface, and other applications where XML is
being implemented using various application languages.
What I haven't seen is a true XML website; a model.
If XML technology is set to become the pervasive programming language of
webservers everywhere, then where are the websites? I've seen some examples of
web 'pages' using XHTML. Microsoft has enabled MSXML in their browsers, yet
I don't see it being used in public websites in the programming code. In fact,
Microsoft seems to be using JavaScript (which was originally a Netscape product
as you know), and using XML as a database application to build their
website. IBM is using an HTML document on it's homepage, but at least
it declares a DOCTYPE and references a dtd called ibmxhtml1. W3 is using
XHTML1 strict.
Where is XML in this? Where are the true XML websites, and the browser clients that display
them?
Why do I ask? I've been building websites for about
7 years (as a hobby). Currently, I have single website of a couple hundred
pages, which includes an MS Access database and a message board (written in
ASP). I am familiar with CSS, JavaScript, and some other
languages which I could combine to construct a website. I want to
re-write it using the latest and greatest technology available. I thought that
would be XML. Turns out that XHTML is the latest and greatest. It is an
interim solution. Worse, it involves a complex conversion process to yield (I
suspect) the XHTML pages. Do you know of any true XML websites? I'm sort of at a
loss about where I should be going with this. I've taken my site down, studied
the content, and I'm left with the builders dilemma; how to redress the
architecture (languages, db's, etc.). As a website builder, what model should I
be looking toward; Microsoft, IBM, W3C and it's Amaya client?
Respectfully,
Dennis Dickens,
Lakewood, WA,
USA
