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by nytenor

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Hello,

Sorry for the newbie type question, but I've always seen XML used in terms of being created by a database, and fed into Flash, etc....are there any advantages or possibilities of writing an XML file by hand and getting it to display in simple HTML pages?

Thanks Much,

B.

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by ed woychowsky

There are numerous advantages, but with the exception of XHTML the only browser that supports embedded XML is Microsoft Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer’s XML Data Islands prevent the rendering of text nodes and permit the binding of XML to select HTML tags. However, until XML Data Islands are no longer a Microsoft only technology they’ll pretty much be used on corporate Intranet sites only.

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