RE: [flasher] Re: AW: FLASH: XML handling in Flash 5

[Phillip Kerman]

I think it's true that when XML is fully supported Flash will be even

better.  I think it's a bit of a case, however, of "give them an inch and

they'll want a yard".  On the other hand, why have a "partially baked"

version of XML support?


Why does this stuff have to be on the client side to be powerful though?

Can't you write a killer server application that does the heavy lifting?


Phillip


>

> The true potential of XML and XSLT is the manipulation

> of structured data on the client side. Unfortunately

> Flash does not seem to incorporate any powerful, or

> even not so powerful, XML transformation or extraction

> tools. When Flash XML capability incorporates the use

> of a DTD (instead of just tag structure) and XSLT

> capabilities (including the logic needed to extract

> nodes based on criteria) then Flash will be a powerful

> data manipulation tool. Add to it the ability to write

> XML documents to a local drive from the stand alone

> player and Flash becomes a powerful cross platform

> media and data application development tool.

>

> Then Flash will live up to the hype.

>

> Are you listening Macromedia? I'm not the only one

> requesting this, and I will be a powerful evangelist

> for your products when this happens.

>

> Cheers,

> John Andrew Morrison

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