[Christoff]

I am thinking about using XML combined with Javascripting to display info on a project I am working on.

Using XML on the server side to produce output through scripting like PHP and ASP you wont need activeX components to display XML output, cause all will produce HTML Output in anycase.

But using it in the way I am planning, the user will need the Physical XML Parser installed on his system, cause Javascript is Client side and the client will need the component? True or False? I am leaning against True...

And if true, whats the chance of the Client having the XML parser installed on his system in %?

And while on the subject, why would I want to use XML Server side, if I can use MYSQL Server side?

I see that:

Internet Explorer 5.0 and later support MSXML, but by default, that support is for version 2.0—and the current version of MSXML is 4.0. Version 2.0 of MSXML supports only the working draft of XSLT. This means you must force users to download MSXML 4.0 from Microsoft, write your code using a working draft version of XSLT that has less functionality, or perform the transformation on the server side.

So must I rather focus on XML2 then? Does IE6 support XML4 without a parser???

[Christoff]

Internet Explorer MSXML Parser
MSXML Parser 2.0 is the XML parser that is shipped with IE 5.0.

MSXML Parser 2.5 is the XML parser that is shipped with Windows 2000 and IE 5.5.

MSXML Parser 3.0 is the XML parser that is shipped with IE 6.0 and Windows XP.

According to Microsoft, the MSXML Parser 3.0 is 100% compatible with the official W3C XSLT Recommendation: "MSXML 3.0 offers a significant advancement over MSXML 2.5: server-safe HTTP access, complete implementation of XSLT and XPath, changes to SAX (Simple API for XML), higher conformance with W3C standards, and a number of bug fixes."

For more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/general/xmlparser.asp

You can read more about the latest releases of IE in our Browser Section.

Other browsers..
http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_browsers.asp