On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 17:25 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > Well I have looked at four books on XML in every one the statement is > > found that the purpose of XML is allow data used by various applications > > to be stored in a standard format. > > It is a standard way to represent name/value sets. What names > you use and what the values represent need another layer of > standards. > > > Now I will admit I began to believe that style sheets were necessary to > > convert XML into pdf files or html files the existence of xmlto on the > > Linux machines lulled me into the illusion that these stylesheets > > existed in conjunction with that command otherwise what would xmlto be > > good for? > > > > As it is even after reading about xml in 4 books I find the conclusion > > that xml is essentially useless. But I know that is not true, so I > > remain confused. > > By itself, the main value of xml is that a standard parser can > extract the names/values in a portable way and if you use a > DTD you can check that the values are valid. Beyond that > you need some agreement on what the names/values mean. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesellodo@xxxxxxxxx > I understand what you are saying but let me repeat mu main question. What is xmlto good for and how can it be used? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
