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On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 08:15, Karthik Kumar V wrote:
> Hi,
>
> XML is not just for markup. There ar so m,any XML technologies that exist
> based on the fact that XML is being used to store almost any type of data.
>
> I don't nee to elaborate my point much, but you can consider these:
>
> * SOAP is used to transfer data of persistent objects, thru XML
> * XML is used in conjunction with the base64 scheme even to transfer
> binary data: XML voice is an example
> * XMl is used in conjunction with what is known as XML schema which
> describes about the data bein used in an XML doc.
> * XML can be used to describe resources too, as known by the RDF.
> * XML is being used to get you everyday news (RSS) - is that markup?
> * Xindice is an actual XML based database engine. MSSQL server's next
> version is going to use XML to store its' data ...
>
> So there! it proves that XML isnt just for markup.
>
Did you see the "devhelp" or "chm" output files generated with makedoc?
Both seem to have an XML-like function index. It might already work for
what you are trying to do, or else should be easily converted (or
makedoc could be modified to output the XML you have in mind).
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Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>