Comments on: How the output for a simple XML file can be viewed? http://www.learnxmlws.com/how-the-output-for-a-simple-xml-file-can-be-viewed/ Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: enkleeno1 http://www.learnxmlws.com/how-the-output-for-a-simple-xml-file-can-be-viewed/#comment-537 enkleeno1 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:23:43 +0000 http://www.learnxmlws.com/how-the-output-for-a-simple-xml-file-can-be-viewed/#comment-537 XML is very different from HTML. It is not used for making web pages. It is a way of storing data in a text file in a format that can be read by many different programs on many different platforms. XSL (or XSLT) is used to take the data from the XML file and convert it into another more human-readable format, such as HTML, or PDF etc. Using a single XML file to hold the data you can have different XSL stylesheets change that data into HTML, or PDF or whatever other format you need. It's kind of like having a text file based database. XML is very different from HTML. It is not used for making web pages. It is a way of storing data in a text file in a format that can be read by many different programs on many different platforms.

XSL (or XSLT) is used to take the data from the XML file and convert it into another more human-readable format, such as HTML, or PDF etc. Using a single XML file to hold the data you can have different XSL stylesheets change that data into HTML, or PDF or whatever other format you need. It’s kind of like having a text file based database.

]]> By: i_hates_spam http://www.learnxmlws.com/how-the-output-for-a-simple-xml-file-can-be-viewed/#comment-538 i_hates_spam Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:23:43 +0000 http://www.learnxmlws.com/how-the-output-for-a-simple-xml-file-can-be-viewed/#comment-538 You need to use an XSLT -- Extensible Style Sheet. http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/ You need to use an XSLT — Extensible Style Sheet.

http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/

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