xml extension in apache

cheops05 · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 62

Hi,

I noticed that this site uses sablotron to utilise xml in its documentation project, when you select a link in the documentation it points to a .xml file how do you set up apache to do the same rather than showing index.php i want it to show index.xml or *.xml not *.php

Thanks

VinzC · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:

Why would you want to use XML in your URLs? I have written an XML framework for Windows and seriously think of porting it to Linux. But one of the prerequisites was to somehow conceal the technology, i.e. not disclose what tools I use to transform XML to HTML.

In fact it uses server-side processing scripts. I made that choice patially to prevent from revealing potential vulnerabilities in server-side compiled components. And you know MS tools do have vulerabilities ;-)

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Not a question of vulnerabilities here but you could write server-side processing (scripts, modules) without telling the world you're bound to XML. For instance a URL like http://www.host.com/?Content=Document&Topic=21341, which is what I'm using for my URLs, is quite convenient if you want technology-independent URLs. It is important mostly for your visitors so that they don't have to update their favorites when you re-implement using alternate technologies.

Later you can transform these into http://www.host.com/Document/21341 with a server-side filter. Anyway the trick is to avoid showing any document extension in your URLs. This way you can use ASP, JPS, PHP, pure HTML (can be difficult at a certain extent), ASPX, or whatever, even compiled modules.

Apache does support such features.
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j-m · Retired Dev Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 975

http://axkit.org/

Quick HOWTO: http://axkit.org/wiki/view/AxKit/QuickStart

j-m · Retired Dev Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 975

Found mod_transform for Apache 2. It is in portage tree, but unstable now, so if you want to give it a try, do

gentoo.org · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

A recent gwn mentioned they were getting rid of axkit. Looks like they've done it:

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greister · n00b Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 6

Axkit is too old to installing it on my server.So I am searching the world to find one.At last I found it -- Gorg .
Now I emerge it and install it .