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Re: XML Blueberry
- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:50:02 -0400
Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> As I've said before, that data, while valuable, is not XML. If IBM wants
> to convert it to XML, then they can most certainly change the line
> endings as they go. It's just bytes after all.
Yes, but then it ceases to be plain text. The choice "plaintext xor
XML" is very unpalatable.
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