A Product Catalog in XML

[msettip]

Hello All -

I am starting out with XML to build a product catalog in Flash. I have the following structure for my XML and would like to know if there is a better way of writing it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<Catalog>
    <Item>Pants
        <Sub_Item>Wool
            <ID>54343</ID>
            <Color>Brown</Color>
            <Color>Black</Color>
            <Color>Grey</Color>
            <Size>28</Size>
            <Size>30</Size>
            <Size>32</Size>
            <Size>34</Size>
        </Sub_Item>
    </Item>
</Catalog>

Now getting this into the Flash page is a whole other story. I am still learning how to do this.

Any help or leads woyuld be great. Thanks,

matty

[tupps]

As long as the schema you have choosen for your XML works for you that is fine.

One thing that you should watch for is things that may represent multiples (eg colors etc) should not be stored as attributes as these aren't as easily broken up.

One other thing you might want to do is break your actual end item into several sections, I would consider appearance and price to be two logical ones to start with. You can expand from their.

As for advice, the FAQ has heaps of info:

http://www.tupps.com/flash/faq/xml.html

Thanks

Luke

[msettip]

Thanks for the help Tupps.