Hello comp.text.xml,
I'm *just* starting to learn XML and related friends, and I've had an idea that I'd like to pursure, but an not sure if it's possible, practical, been done before, etc. The idea is to have a data collection application that was driven by a DTD or schema (or a collection of them) - ie, I'd like to have a generic framework that would take a DTD, and decide what the operator could enter, instead of having to code into the application the structure of the data.
All the examples, tutorials, etc, that I've seen so far employ DTDs and schemas to verify existing data once it's all entered. I'd like to turn this on its head a little, and only ask for data that follows the DTD/schema.
What do you think? I've tried to find out more before posting, but my brief scans haven't revealed much.
Ghee
I'm *just* starting to learn XML and related friends, and I've had an idea that I'd like to pursure, but an not sure if it's possible, practical, been done before, etc. The idea is to have a data collection application that was driven by a DTD or schema (or a collection of them) - ie, I'd like to have a generic framework that would take a DTD, and decide what the operator could enter, instead of having to code into the application the structure of the data.
All the examples, tutorials, etc, that I've seen so far employ DTDs and schemas to verify existing data once it's all entered. I'd like to turn this on its head a little, and only ask for data that follows the DTD/schema.
What do you think? I've tried to find out more before posting, but my brief scans haven't revealed much.
Ghee