Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours

Hour 2. Using HTML Files to Display the Data of XML Files

The data contained in an XML file is of little value unless it can be displayed on the Web, and the primary topic of this hour is writing HTML files to do just that. In this lesson, you'll learn a simple way to extract the data from an XML file and use JavaScript to display it in a dynamically created HTML file.

Topics covered in this hour include the following:

• A presentation of the Dynamic HTML features needed to understand the code presented in this hour

• How to write an HTML program that displays the data in an XML file, and why it's advantageous to separate the HTML and XML files

• How easy it is to write HTML code to display the data from multiple XML files