Thanks.
I guess it is something worth knowing.
But I already know HTML pretty well. I wonder if I need to know XML as well.


>>Hello again in my quest to learn new practical stuff, I'm coming accross alot of XML.
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>>1) What is it exactly?
>>2) Is is any where close to HTML?
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>>Thanks.
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>HTML is about presentation. Fixed tags that define how a program (e.g. a Browser) would interpret those tags to display fonts, sizes, colors, pictures, links, etc.
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>XML is about data. You create your own tags, in accordance to certain rules, to define and transport data between two dissimilar systems, where XML acts as a common language that both understand. There are several XML-based "dialects" that deal with specific features or specific industries and types of data. Then there are special languages to manipulate XML, like XSLT, XPath, XQuery, etc.
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>There is plenty of material online that you can read. Just search for XML, XSLT, etc.
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>VFP has several capabilities with regard to creating and consuming XML, including Web Services (which are XML-based).
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>HTH