# Seperating Data and Presentation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seperating-data-and-presentation/225353>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 10, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seperating-data-and-presentation/225353 "2007-05-10T22:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emdiesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c0e974/32.png) [@Emdiesse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Emdiesse)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seperating-data-and-presentation/225353/1 "2007-05-10T22:49:21Z")

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Hello.

So far my websites I have designed in flash have had all the data local to it. I would like to try and take a more dynamic approach. When designing XML and XSL sites the data and the presentation is seperated, I very much like the way this can be done and I am wondering is there a similar technique I can use in flash?

The main reason I would like to do this is for if I wish to later edit the data and if I am creating a portfolio, instead of updating the whole site, I would prefer to update a seperate file which in turn the flash website will display.

Can you have an XML file and then display the information in a flash website, and would it be possible to include images or even swfs?

Thank you.