XMLProbe for Better Information Interaction

XML is a very important component in Ajax. Without XML, data interaction and portability will never be possible. XML is the standard for streaming information to the client side. Its ability to interact with different browsers across the operating system is very remarkable. This type of mark-up could be applied to the simplest programming language to the most complicated programming technique.

The efficiency of XML is based on the fact that it has the ability to interact with the user – as long as the parameters are correct. The compatibility of parameters has to be ensured or else error will be encountered in loading the information or the data will not load with the expected speed. The compatibility that happens between the server and the client side is referred to as “validation”.

Validation is basically the pre-determined agreement of the client side which could be a browser or an application and the server. XML doesn’t have the standard agreement that could be implemented in every client side. There are rules but these rules can’t be universally adopted because of incompatibility with the browser, programming language or even in the operating system.

Validation Engines

There are a few applications in the market today that could be used as validation engines. A validation engine is basically an application for XML that will standardize the agreement with the server and the client. The client side is constantly changing and the XML agreement might not be compatible anymore because the settings and the rules have been changed on the client side. The validation engine might be able to adapt to these changes and stabilize the agreement.

However, current validation engines are poor in vendor support and the standards are not often met. Some might be able to work as expected but they are often too complicated that the effort is not actually worth it.

XMLProbe

XMLProbe is another validation engine developed with PHP programming language. Like most of the validation engine, it aims to standardize the agreement between the client side and the server. However, there are certain characteristics that made XMLProbe a lot different from other validation engines:

• Anticipate Changes – probably the best feature of XMLProbe. It has the ability to predict the standards and adopt them accordingly.

• Report Violations – other validation engines can say an error happened but XMLProbe can do better than that by pointing out the root of error for faster resolution.

Integration

XMLProbe could be used with .Net framework in building an Ajax based application. As a standalone, the validation engine could run in different server platforms. The application is even small enough to be installed in a desktop and treat it as a simple application with easy to use GUI. The application can also be added to certain enterprise application such as Solaris or Tomcat.

The ability of XMLProbe to work well with different platforms as well as anticipate changes has made this validation engine a very powerful application. It’s a small application that can do wonders for an Ajax based application or website.