Dave Sell
December 18th, 2000, 04:42 PM
Hi,
I am trying to determine the scope of which XML lies within. I understand it is in its infancy.
I see XML as a standard language model for comuunicationg data between 2 points.
It seems there are 2 general situations where XML will be used. Where:
DBMS is any server of data (like Oracle, MsSQL, etc...) and the communication medium is Intranet/Internet, and
a dataset is some set of the data contained within the DBMS, and
a browser is any device capable of displaying HTML to a Human being (cell phone, desktop, etc...).
1) DBMS_1 wants a dataset from DBMS_2.
2) Human being wants a dataset from a DBMS; assuming Human_being is using a browser.
In the 1st case, DBMS_1 could generate raw XML and transfer it to DBMS_2.
In the 2nd case the Human being would use his/her browser to request a dataset from a DBMS. There would likely be a web server in-between the 2 to translate:
(Request) Human -> Browser -> Web server -> DBMS
(Respond) DBMS -> Web server -> Browser -> Human
Is that it? Anybody have anything to add?
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed; oh wait, he does...
I am trying to determine the scope of which XML lies within. I understand it is in its infancy.
I see XML as a standard language model for comuunicationg data between 2 points.
It seems there are 2 general situations where XML will be used. Where:
DBMS is any server of data (like Oracle, MsSQL, etc...) and the communication medium is Intranet/Internet, and
a dataset is some set of the data contained within the DBMS, and
a browser is any device capable of displaying HTML to a Human being (cell phone, desktop, etc...).
1) DBMS_1 wants a dataset from DBMS_2.
2) Human being wants a dataset from a DBMS; assuming Human_being is using a browser.
In the 1st case, DBMS_1 could generate raw XML and transfer it to DBMS_2.
In the 2nd case the Human being would use his/her browser to request a dataset from a DBMS. There would likely be a web server in-between the 2 to translate:
(Request) Human -> Browser -> Web server -> DBMS
(Respond) DBMS -> Web server -> Browser -> Human
Is that it? Anybody have anything to add?
If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed; oh wait, he does...