Can I practice XML at home? Are there any software requirements?
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Yes thats enough. You will probably need some software.\nDo a google search and look for xml tutorials.\n\nGood luck!!!\n\nIts easy stuff :-)\n\nTry this http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp\n\nhttp://www.xml.com/pub/a/98/10/guide0.html\n\nLots more here\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xml+tutorials&btnG=Google+Search\ndoctorkersey@yahoo.com
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XML is useful in several ways to a web developer.\n\nFirst of all, by learning its syntax rules and coding XHTML instead of HTML you can achieve faster page rendering on the client side -- XHTML is much more picky than HTML, which makes the code more consistent for the browser and faster to load.\n\nSecondly, XML can be used in the back end as a general purpose and very flexible storage medium. Since it is a developed standard, all the languages you care to use these days support it. PHP, Python, the C family, Perl, Java and Ruby are all happy to use XML data. This way you may have special purpose scripts for administration or garbage collection written in a different language but using the same data files. (Of course, you can also store the information in a relational database; XML works better than a relational system if the data schema in each record might be different.)\n\nLastly, familiarity with XML will help with transitioning to making AJAX-enabled dynamic page designs, with nice features like fields that auto-complete with guesses and page designs that can update at any time -- not just when a page reloads.
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you can do it by yourself.\ngo to microsoft, clik on templates,\nthen officee,\nHuman Resources\nand choose Certificate.\nas easy like that.
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There are books available from bookstores (such as MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET).  I might start at your local libraries, because they might have them/ be able to get them through Interlibrary loan and save you some $$.  Otherwise, check stores (amazon, Borders, etc).\n\n\nThere are some suggested materials on the MCAD site:\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcad/
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xml is cool.... but think of the visually impaired. does your solution degrade nicely to a plain no frills no css, no javascript... even no monitor (blind folks)?\n\nthe best way to do menus is <ul> <li> <li> <li> </ul> nested as deep as you want. it's easily derived from the xml! then have some javascript and css make it rock for the seeing folks with cool browsers!\n\nOh and all xml files have one single node with children!\nI'd expect the file to looks something like \n<menu> \n<item name="file"> <item name="new"/><item name="open"/><item name="close"/> </item> \n\n<item name="edit"> <item name="copy"/><item name="cut"/><item name="paste"/> </item> \n</menu>\n\nonly 1 node (menu) with children!
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granted you will need to register, OPML Manager works well\nhttp://www.opmlmanager.com
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You could do this in a MS Word document by typing the instructions and supplementing them with hyperlinks to where files are stored and to the useful websites.\n\nIf you are looking for specific software there is a huge range to consider. You might want to look at ones focused on GTD (Getting Things Done) - see below - but the learning curve for any specialised product is going to be substantial. Do you have that sort of time?\n\n///
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If you have an XSLT file, then yes. See the source below.\n\nRambling on the need for an XSLT file:\nXML is merely a more strict markup language where you can name tags and attributes however is appropriate. HTML can conform to XML strictness or be looser, and has a restricted set of valid tags and attributes. (XHTML is both XML and HTML) Doing an automatic conversion isn't difficult, but you would need to define the translation using an XSLT file. I could write a valid XML schema in which the tag name 'foo' should tanslate ot the HTML tag 'h1', and someone else could write an equally valid XML schema where 'foo' would be best translated to the HTML tag 'a'. The XSLT file is what defines that.
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I can give u a suggestion\n\ncreate a web service and a function to return some messages in XML format if the query was successfull.\n\ncall the web service from your aspx page and pass the required parameters to the function.
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i would suggest Namo WebEditor for the begining... very complex and at the same time easy to use. Good luck
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The media share starter kit (MSDN) off the Microsoft website has one that you compile yourself.  Kind of like msn messenger but it allows you the freedom the alter, omit, change and add code as you please.  It would also give you a good reference to go by if you want to build from the ground up.
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New text: There are really too many things to cover in a Q/A, I'll add a couple high level things but you really need a pro consultant to set you up. There are also some good books on the subject but really you have to believe in what you are doing so you want to pick a successfull project/architect lead first that will set up the processes.  Code repositories (you need one), defect feature process (you need one), driver sequencing to get the satelite sites working earlier vs later, or they can use the contract to develop test components.  \n\nThe keys here are to set up processes at the IT level that enforce:\n\nProduct/Development Management \n==============================\n1) Proper Componentization, design by contract etc. will go along way to smooth the combined build\n2) Select a Lead Architect and / or Lead Developer carefully, someone has to override the regional issues\n3) Set up Wikis early and assign people to maintain\n4) One Region can develop another test another support etc., but you need to be able to reproduce errors locally to the team that will fix\n5) Multi-Release wars... optionally set up a research or r.next release development team who focuses on the next release to replace parts of the current or in development release.\n\n\nInternationalization <ok i18n is not a issue thx for adding the detail>\n====================\n1) Separation of translatable text into translation packages, separating code from visuals such that you can translate / update translations on demand\n2) Unicode...  HTML/XML/Java/File Systems all support NLS chars via UTF8 on the wire/disk and UTF16 in memory.  Stick with Unicode in that stack/programs and you can support all NLS chars, use a specific code page in your runtime applications such as any latin code page and you're busted.\n3)Convert data at the edge.. use edge point mediations to convert code page specific data to unicode to enable NLS in the apps. Convert to Browser specific code pages at the last possible moment to orient to the user.
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good for standardizing data between different RDBMs\ngood as a medium form in converting from RDBMs to another\ngood in webpages\n\nyou cannot compare XML with the above RDBMs because XML is not a database its just a temporary data storage form
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you can use SAX or JDOM parsers for xml
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try w3schools.com they have tutorials on everything you need.
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Name\nHTML\nXML\netc etc
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depends on the complexity of the site , you could prolly do a basic one yourself but if you want java apps and scripts then alot more. it's a bit like asking how much will a car cost me, a mini is aot cheaper than a mercedes