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Re: XML Data Islands, is this open standard, and in common use?

From: Martin Honnen <mahotrash@-----.-->
To: NULL
Date: 12/3/2007 4:39:00 PM

shrike@c... wrote:

> Got some data that favors XML as a means of organizing it. I want to
> embed it in HTML documents. I'm a newbie w/ XML but know my way around
> Perl/C/HTML acceptably well.
> 
> I found this: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_data_island.asp
> 
> which describes a simple embedding technique for sticking XML in a web
> page. It describes this as an "Explorer" feature. I am dead set on
> using ONLY open source and open standards. So is what is described
> here W3C/IETF/OSI compliant or is it a Microsoft-ism?

XML data islands are only supported by Internet Explorer (and other 
browsers using MSHTML).

> Could somebody refer me to the correct way of doing this if it is not
> kosher cross-vendor?

You can load your XML data using XMLHttpRequest.

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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/


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