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
