office wall planner'. I've developed a multi-user program for this =
type of activity and have also developed a free-standing viewer for =
displaying a virtual 'wall planner' file. This uses XML - XML
provides a good way of formating fairly complex data of this type.
XML is also used to allow remote updates to the schedule - i.e. a =
remote request to book a room could be made using a small applet =
that sends a message in the appropriate XML format.
I would be interested to know if anyone on the list is aware of
any other developments in the use of XML for diary information
such as maintaining shared calendars/scheduling information. I am =
sure there is a huge potential for an open format based on XML. =
The free software (both the multi-user program and the XML-based =
'wall planner' viewer can be downloaded from www.screenplan.com =
(It's Windows 95/98/NT at the moment - a Java viewer may follow!)
J.C.Samson