XML by Example

This simple example shows some of the benefits of maintaining the phone

list in XML:

• The same document can be reused in different contexts; in this case,

internal and external phone lists are produced with minimal effort.

• It is easy to change the presentation—just update the style sheet.

• Although not illustrated in the example, it is easy to maintain the list

using an off-the-shelf XML editor.

• As the list grows and special needs arise, it is possible to write special-

ized software (using DOM or SAX) to further manipulate the list.

• If the list grows dramatically, it is possible to move to an XML data-

base for better performance.

In other words, ...