Date:Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:54:01 -0700
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Subject:Re: FileMaker supports XML
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Thanks for posting this,
My institution (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive) uses
FileMaker in conjunction with collections, imaging, and EAD. In
addition, several members of two EAD-based consortial efforts are
also using a shared FileMaker database for imaging and EAD purposes.
Suffice to say that I'm a fan of the ease of use and cross-platform
capabilities of FileMaker. Many smaller museums use FM because of
it's low support cost.
However, I can testify that FileMaker's new "XML capabilities" are
not all that new or useful *at this point*. FileMaker can do XML
one-way; it can export or deliver information in XML formats to the
web. However it could do this years ago through simple calculation
fields (we used it to export EAD container lists). The new Filemaker
cannot import XML in any form however. So, it is not useful for
two-way data exchange using XML, or for managing XML-based data.
FileMaker is built on a plug-in architecture however, so if anyone
builds an XML import plugin for FM, I will personally guarantee them
film passes for life! Until, hopefully the next version....:)
Richard Rinehart
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Digital Media Director
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
@ University of California
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
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& Board of Directors
Museum Computer Network
www.mcn.edu
>Macintosh and/or FileMaker users might be interested in the following
>item from the respected TidBITS e-newsletter...
>
>--MIKE WIDENER, Archivist/Rare Books Librarian, Tarlton Law Library,
>School of Law, University of Texas at Austin | 727 E. Dean Keeton
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>
>TidBITS#528/24-Apr-00
>=====================
>
>[...]
>
>**FileMaker Developer 5 Ships** -- FileMaker Inc. has released
> FileMaker Developer 5, a collection of tools, utilities, and
> documentation enabling the creation of stand-alone databases and
> customized Web publishing solutions. FileMaker Developer 5 retains
> the capability in previous developer editions to create customized
> stand-alone database applications for Macintosh or Windows
> systems, although (as in FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition)
> these solutions lack FileMaker's database sharing capabilities.
> FileMaker Developer 5 comes with JBDC and ODBC drivers (for
> connecting to FileMaker data over a network) and documents
> FileMaker Pro 5's JBDC, ODBC, and plug-in capabilities for
> developers looking to integrate products with FileMaker Pro 5 or
> extend its features. Publishing databases to the Web using
> anything but FileMaker Pro 5's Instant Web Publishing apparently
> also qualifies you as a developer in FileMaker's eyes: FileMaker
> Developer 5 documents XML and custom database publishing
> capabilities built into every copy of FileMaker Pro 5 and
> FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited. Excerpts regarding XML publishing are
> available for free via the Web, and hints of additions to
> FileMaker's CDML capabilities can be found in FileMaker's TechInfo
> articles if one looks very carefully. FileMaker Developer 5 is
> $500 and includes FileMaker Pro 5; owners of FileMaker Pro 4.0
> Developer Edition are eligible for a $100 rebate. [GD]
>
><http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmd_home.html>
><http://www.filemaker.com/xml/>
>
>[...]
>
><http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-528.html>
><ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/issues/2000/TidBITS#528_24-Apr-00.etx>
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