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(Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston) XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) have been created from the necessity of having a structured, defined method of exchanging data. By utilizing XML information that can be pulled from other sources is changing the way we exchange data.
Let's say that information is available from another source, and we want access to that data but, do not necessarily want the visitors that are currently on our website to leave our site. Basically, all we want is to integrate some of the information available from the other source with our website. A couple good examples are libraries of free available information or listings of some sort.
Information that is formatted so it is in structured XML form makes it easy for us to access the data and then to format this data. XML Data is normally formatted into HTML form using what is known as XSL. XML and XSL are brothers from the same family. XML and XSL are both case sensitive and very structured and unlike HTML require that opening tags be closed in order. |
