OpenEuphoria

Re: XML

• Posted by The Johnson Family <thedjs at INAME.COM> Feb 02, 2000
• 563 views

I agree, some native support for using XML (at tag level, perhaps - eg.
ReadTag and WriteTag) would be good. It would put euphoria way ahead of the
pack in that respect. I might look into it.

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:07 PM
Subject: XML


> To all,
>
> As a postscript to my post on ActiveX, calling conventions, structures,
and
> namespace, I would like to recommend something for consideration by all.
> If structures are to be considered, the most important structure map for
the
> next five to ten years is going to be XML, otherwise known as the latest
> guise for self-identifying data. I suspect that almost every form of data
that
> we now work with will be mapped into an XML compatible form during that
> time span. It is almost inconceivable that XML will be limited to data
being
> passed over the internet. Any concept that powerful and flexible will
> take over. In short order, most data in most programs will be XML mapped
> and therefore directly available to the internet when necessary. The only
> things left out of this will be legacy stuff too painful to convert and
data
> deliberately concealed from internet access.
>
> For those of you who favor ActiveX, MS is using XML and http to
re-implement
> DCOM. Of course, being MS, they have already implemented a
> non-standards compliant driver site for XML interchange and the XML
> implementation in IE is not fully standards compliant either. Wander why
> even MS advocates tend to read the fine print on contracts...now you know.
>
> To make a long story short, I recommend strongly that our authors keep
> XML in mind when providing structures.
>
> Everett L.(Rett) Williams
> rett at gvtc.com
>
>