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Q: How relevant is Xml technology for [[WikiObjects]]?<br />
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This discussion started on [[WikiInfoInXml]].<br />
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[[WikiObjects]] will benefit from a list of Wikis and information about them, but is it worth putting energy into supporting an Xml version of such a list?<br />
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It looks as if the page [[WikiWikiObject]] will itself provide the equivalent of an Xml DTD for [[WikiInfoInXml]], which is cool. This means we might not want to or need to go down the Xml route at all====<br />
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==Against supporting Xml:<br />
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* There is no need to. [[WikiObjects]] can be made general enough.<br />
* We don't want to be 'tied' to a particular technology.<br />
* Xml is rather verbose.<br />
* Someone has to understand Xml and write those perl scripts to re-present [[WikiObject]] definitions as DTDs and Wiki Object Instances in Xml format.<br />
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==For supporting Xml:<br />
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* Xml support is built in to people's browsers, so we leverage existing technology rather than re-invent it.<br />
* Xml could give object users a mini-database facility from within their browsers without downloading any code. (e.g. sorting, searching filtering and formatting lists).<br />
* We don't need all of the Xml technology to get something useful. For example we can provide data in xml format almost as easily as already provided in html format - if we don't bother with making the DTD's work right to start out with.<br />
* Xml is becoming an established technology. Features it already has may point us towards things we need to think about for [[WikiObjects]]. (for example 'do we need a standard for distinguishing instances of wiki class objects from the class definitions?'. 'What structural information is needed in a wiki object class definition?')<br />
* ''''We could provide it as an option without being 'tied' to it e.g. [[WikiWikiObject]].asXML could express a [[WikiWikiObject]] as XML''''<br />
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