- From: <JPadams@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 18:20:35 EDT
- To: www-svg@w3.org
To follow up on this issue. I format large datasets in HTML with 100's of supporting JPEG images for service companies to deliver to client oil companies on CD. I've done projects from 20 Megabytes to 30 gigabytes and one weakness has always been the search capability. Everybody wants a more robust search capability and using XML to format the data vis-a-vie SVG will make it possible for me to create a lot of new and interesting ways for the client to access and use the data in a given project. I call these projects HTML databases. The nice thing for the client is that they don't have to license an expensive database to contain their data but they get 85% of the benefits of a real database and using SVG based on XML with ecmascript I will get even closer to true database functionality. Its a trade off but my clients like it because they can run the CDs on Macs, PCs, and UNIX boxes. True cross-platform project portability and no licensing fees. My plan is to initially do a side by side HTML database and a SVG version. I think SVG is going to be great for service companies that generate data for delivery on CD. J.P. Adams
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