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by mattohare

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Is it my imagination, or is there a serious lack of material about Javascript and XML?

I mean, Javascript is the primary scripting language at this point in browsers. XML documents are becoming a major form of data transfer. It seems like thereshould be dozens of books fully on this topic.

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by ed woychowsky

There should be, but there is a problem with combining JavaScript and XML on the web. Currently only Microsoft’s Internet Explorer supports XML, though Mozilla appears to be making some forays into XML with their version of XMLHTTP. I predict that the books will begin to appear when XML Data Islands are no longer platform dependent.

by mattohare

It is such a natuaral fit. I saw some brief references in JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Press) that said the DOM can represent an XML document. It then said documenting that was outside the scope of the book. *chuckle*

by monakardoost

? worked with java script et vb script ,but now i must work with xml .i want know exactly there is the relation with javascript or not?

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