What Do You Know About Databases And XML?

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 29, 2001 @05:30AM from the not-enough-to-brag dept.

Dare Obasanjo writes: "XML has become a pervasive part of significant segments of software development in a relatively short time. From file formats to network protocols to programming langauges, the influence of XML has been felt. I have written an overview of XML schemas, XML querying languages, XML-Enabled databases and native XML databases. Below is a shortened version of the article." Obasanjo's original OODBMS article has been updated to reflect more of the disadvantages between picking an OODBMS over an RDBMS.

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Super short intro to XML by Ars-Fartsica · 2001-10-29 05:33 · Score: 3, Flamebait

XML solves the interchange problem.
By this, it is meant that XML allows two systems that do not share a predetermined data exchange protocol to share data.
Thats it.
Where two systems share a common predetermined protocol, it is almost always more efficient than XML.
Applications of XML to programming lang design (XSL) and other domains are largely a waste of time and won't last.