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Dynamic Tree Created from an XML Data File
Some new files uploaded to the TestSuite, including this one, which stiches together a few things I've been thinking of for a while.
1) it uses a little cgi I wrote to take a url, fetch the file and return it as a javscript string variable assignment - for use in a <script src..> context, or with a bookmarklet as a way to generate javascript strings for output or manipulation. Its a way to get external data to a script in a useable format. (feel free to use)
2) it uses a little javascript xml parser I found to parse this string
3) using the xml structure it builds a navigation "tree", so updating the leftnav is a matter of editing an xml file.