DTML-based XML-export (without XSL)

The XML-export of the site is initiated by calling feed.xml.

Conceptual approach is the re-implementation of the ZMS objects´rendering routines by access to the basic attributes and arrangement in an own XML-tag structure.

The basic set of the exemplary code consists of the following DTML-methods:

feed.xml[?mode=recursive]
-> renderXMLHeader
-> renderPage
    • renderZMSTextarea
    • renderZMSGraphic
    • renderZMSTable
    • renderZMSCustom_flash-asset4

The main function feed.xml calls both methods renderXMLHeader and render Page, which then renders the individual ZMS objects by means of further methods for each object. In the exemplary code there are methods for ZMSTextarea, Zymographic, ZMSTable as well as a special object "Flash-Asset". render Page processes also embedded links to these objects.

The parameter "?mode=recursive" lists all objects below the calling node recursively in an XML-stream.

Use of the exemplary code: Import the XML file in ZMS on ZOPE level and relocate the methods set to the highest level.

Pre-requisite: XHMTL conformity of objects and contents. This should be checked in advance through action "checkXHTMLconformity".