Comments on: Who is actually using native XML? http://www.dbms2.com/2008/01/28/who-is-actually-using-native-xml/ Choices in data management and analysis Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Adrien http://www.dbms2.com/2008/01/28/who-is-actually-using-native-xml/#comment-69536 Adrien Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:35:31 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2008/01/28/who-is-actually-using-native-xml/#comment-69536 The point is that main software vendors have no interest to use XML, it would allow people to leave them once converted everything into XML. Small vendors, at the contrary, do use XML as it allows people to join them. This is the reason why we use XML, with this source documents, we can produce whatever we want as an output for our client. Just write the correct XSL and the "heavy integration job" with the client system is done. The point is that main software vendors have no interest to use XML, it would allow people to leave them once converted everything into XML. Small vendors, at the contrary, do use XML as it allows people to join them.

This is the reason why we use XML, with this source documents, we can produce whatever we want as an output for our client. Just write the correct XSL and the “heavy integration job” with the client system is done.

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