Reasons for Processing XML
By using XML, you've already made the decision to mark up your data in the best possible way. You have also seen that some browsers can display your XML files natively. Why would you want to write programs to process your XML, then?
Well, the answer is limited only by your imagination, but let's enumerate some possible reasons:
- • Delivery to multiple media
- • Delivery to multiple target groups
- • Adding, removing, and restructuring information
- • Database loading
- • Reporting