Why do we want to use XML as a tool in an ASP-based application? HTML, after all, has served us well so far and it, too, is text. As I see it, XML does three important things for the ASP community. First, it divorces data from its presentation. This has long been the biggest strike against HTML, in which data is submerged beneath presentation. Second, like HTML, it allows us to transmit data between dissimilar platforms without concern. In this, XML preserves the best of HTML and enhances it. It allows us to express complex structure and content in text. Because it is purely data, there is no concern for distortion between platforms. Finall..
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