[mapserver-users] OGR versus PostgreSQL and XML-Mapfiles?

[Stefan F. Keller]

Dear all

Being a newbie I'd like to understand Mapservers architecture:

1. What are the pros and cons of adding "yet another" XML 
   vector format (performance, generic interface, flexibility): 
a) Import it to GDAL/OGR, or
b) Load it into PostgreSQL ?

2. Did anybody implement the Mapfile-syntax in XML as (direct) 
   input to Mapserver? (would make life easier for syntax-proofed 
   editing in an XML-Editor)

-- Stefan Keller