Server





Servers can be categorised into two major distintions They. are: 9 The actual computer
(hardware) that performs server functions.
A software program that performs server functions.
The hardware version of server can be called as a computer. For ex. A computer of the marketing department that holds all of the company's sales reports and other files may be referred as file server. Its purpose is to be a repository of data.
Software programs can also be labelled as servers. For example, Microsoft Internet Information:Server (US) is a software based server.
Thus, we have two types: one based on hardware and other based on software. Where actually the XML fits is under discussion. However, several generalisations are agreed. According to those, an XML enabled server is one that
Stores or manages XML document
parses XML
Generates XML as part of an output task
Can transform XML to other formats
Some of the popular XML-based servers are
Dynamic web publishing with dyna base
Enhydra Java/XML Application Server.
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