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Figure 2.14:
An XML solution approach.
This example is purely minimalist in its approach, and we’ve intentionally left it a little
vague.
Parts II
and
III
of this book provide you with the hands-on syntax you need to create
such applications yourselves.
Industry Support: XML Vehicles
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating” or so the old saying goes. We’ve talked a lot
about scenarios in which you use XML, but a key issue remains: What is the XML target
platform? That is, how do your users interface with your XML solutions? Succinctly put:
any way computers are used by computers; we do not mean only standard PCs.
For the most part, however, your users will use three classes of vehicles to access your
XML solutions: the Internet, standalone, and “other” ways. The issue of your user’s
vehicle is important, so let’s spend a little time talking about it.
