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- From: Ronald Bourret <rbourret@ito.tu-darmstadt.de>
- To: "xml-dev@ic.ac.uk" <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 12:00:41 +0100
Paul Prescod wrote:
> Argh. Documents are data. The dichotomy is in your head. Doesn't XML
> itself makes this abundantly clear?
Documents might be data, but the dichotomy is not just in our heads. XML
has a clear bias towards linear, prose-oriented verbiage. How else to
explain mixed content, the significance of order (as opposed to nesting),
and the lack of basic data typing? Fortunately, XML is proving itself to
be a good way to transport the kinds of data many of us think of when we
hear the word "data".
-- Ron Bourret
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