Mike12345 - 8:11 am on Oct 6, 2006 (gmt 0)

I think what they mean by "intermediary program" is basically a script that parses the XML and gets it in to the format required to do something with it, ie turn the XML into a series of SQL statements so that it can be entered into your office database.

If this is the case then you can use a variety of languages to parse the XML, you could try PHP. There are lots of pre written modules for parsing XML in PHP and Perl, so have a look out for those.

My suggestion is to use an event based parser like Expat (available for both PHP and Perl) as it uses less memory for larger files, but if your only dealing with a small feed you could use the XML DOM. There is plenty information out there on both to help you make the right choice.

Hope this helps.