Thanks for the information. --- Ruben Nijveld <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > An XML document is indeed just a simple textfile, > which can off course > be read by any textreader, including a browser. In > order to make a > website out of a XML file you'll need to do XML > transformations, using > XSLT. With a XSLT document you can transform your > XML document to a > XHTML page, which can be processed by your browser > for display. > > So to answer the three questions: > > 1. XML is a markup language. Meaning you can give a > structural meaning > to the contents. > 2. As said XML documents cannot be executed, you > will have to use XML > transformations (using another transformations > document) to transform > your page to XHTML in order for your browser to > understand it (but off > course you could transform it to any sort of > document). > 3. XSLT transformations in Windows can be done by > MSXML, that is already > installed when you install Windows. Firefox uses its > own, Transformiix. > For Linux and OS X there are probably multiple > libraries available. So > basicly you probably already have what you need. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
