---"Open Source" --- if a component is needed....Write it

---Flexible....don't like the installed SAX parcer.....Replace it

---Output to a new device or browser....add another style sheet (XSLT)

---Enables Support of multiple browsers....add another style sheet

---Need to Change the "Look and Feel".....change the style sheet

---Centralized application Control....The SiteMap

---Could be useful in developing/adapting Clearing Systems to Process CBOT Products

---Improve Team Organization and Productivity by its Separation of Content, Logic, and Presentation

---Web Publishing Frameworks...... Struts vs. Cocoon

---Use Struts....if in a hurry and output is HTML only, Use Cocoon....for more complex applications