Using XML file for navigation

Hi,
 
I currently have a .cfm file that I use for all the navigation on a
particular website. Depending on where you are in the site the navigation
changes. There's quite a lot of different possibilities that can occur so
they file is quite big and I believe it is a bit of drain on the cf
resources. All of the links are DB driven and do change reasonably
regularly.
 
I don't know much about xml but I was thinking of creating an XML file for
each of the areas where the navigation changes. These XML files would be
updated when the DB changes. So my questions are:
a) What are the pro's and con's of doing this
b) Would there be an improvement doing it in this way
c) The website is provided in multiple languages. Currently, just European
but it will be expanding into other languages which will require UTF-8
encoding. Will there be any problems with the XML file and this?
 
Thanks,
 
 
Richard


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