In response to your questions...

> 1) What types of projects should use XML?

You can use XML for project such as:
1) Transformation of XML data for presentation in web pages.  This enables
you to have multiple views of the same data.  This transformation can be
done with Superx++ or XSLT.

2) Integration between disparate systems where the systems agree on an XML
definition.  This can either be loosely determined or formalized with DTDs
or XML schema documents.

3) Messaging applications and web services can use Superx++, XML-RPC, SOAP,
etc.  All of which are XML.

> 2) What would be a good project for me to learn/test/refine my XML
> skills on?

Probably one of the easiest types of projects to cut your teeth on might be
to build a series of web pages that use transformation techniques to present
different views of the same data.  This is a small project that offers you
the ability to learn XML in practice.

> 3) What texts and web pages would you suggest for reference?

Try the following:
www.topxml.com
www.emergentlogic.com
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Kimanzi Mati


"Rob Allen" <ricochet_rabbit78@h...> wrote in message
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> Hey fellas
>
>   I am a web designer/developer with little in the way of formal
> training. I took some lower level programming courses to familiarize
> myself with structured programming and then taught myself (through books
> as well as trial and error) new web technologies like ASP and PHP on an
> as-needed basis.
>
> I have yet to come across a project that requires XML, but to tell you
> the truth, I wouldn't know one when I saw it. So my questions are:
>
> 1) What types of projects should use XML?
> 2) What would be a good project for me to learn/test/refine my XML
> skills on?
> 3) What texts and web pages would you suggest for reference?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Rob--
>
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