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For those of you wanting further details about XML and DTDs, two excellent articles can be found here at Webreference. In XML:It''s Not Your Father''s HTML, Bruce Sharpe looks at XML is several different ways to help you understand its uses. He covers XML from the Web site, Web server, and client browser perspectives. In Dmitry Kirsanov''s contribution to the book, HTML Unleashed, his chapter The Emergence Of XML offers a terrific introduction and in-depth look at XML.
We''ll be keeping an eye on cXML. When it''s released and pilot testing begins, we''ll begin to gain a clearer picture. Until then, furious efforts in its development and propagation are leading it on the fast track to user acceptance.