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- From: "Steven E. Harris" <steven.harris@tenzing.com>
- To: xml-dev@xml.org
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:26:53 -0700
"Steven R. Newcomb" <srn@coolheads.com> writes:
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> There is this common wisdom out there that the structure of
> interchanged information should also be, in effect, the API to that
> same information. But, in fact, it's only true for a simple subset
> of the kinds of information that need to be interchanged, and to
> which APIs must be provided.
Can you elaborate on this point?
In particular, what kind of exchanged information doesn't deserve an
API? What are the benefits of separating the two?
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Steven E. Harris :: steven.harris@tenzing.com
Tenzing :: http://www.tenzing.com
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