RE: Use of XML ?

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

True as long as you consider how long and to what depth 
the systems can sustain that cooperation, can handle 
issues of synchronous communication, and how many round 
trips does it take to get one communication complete 
(coarse or fine grained).  At the end of this, unless 
you have an application that really requires the efficiency, 
the costs will argue that it is better to move data, not code. 

Not new news.

Len Bullard
Intergraph Public Safety
clbullar@ingr.com
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

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-----Original Message-----
From: Caroline Clewlow [mailto:cclewlow@eris.dera.gov.uk]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 5:55 AM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: Use of XML ?


I just wanted to thank everyone for their replies to my query.  It appears
to have sparked off some interesting
discussion - but most of you comfirmed my original thoughts

Would it be fair to summarise that........
XML is ideal as a method of exchanging data between systems where the
implementation on one of more sides is unknown,
but between co-operating systems there are other possibly more efficient
methods where data can be structured
programmatically. ..... ?

Of course one of the other advantages being XML's machine and human
readbility feature.

Thanks again all

Caroline

Ajay K sanghi wrote:

> The effort has to do with "programming vs mapping" even if "all" sides
have
> JVM and XML Parser.
>
> Also, if you see my response, nowhere I use the word "XML". I use the term
> "file-based" approach. The file may be in XML, EDI or proprietary format.
> Note: we are an XML/EDI vendor, so "may" be i am biased.
>
> Ajay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Snell [mailto:alaric@alaric-snell.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:17 PM
> To: Ajay K sanghi
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: Use of XML ?
>
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Ajay K sanghi wrote:
>
> > Also, consider efforts required in synchronising a change in the class.
>
> 1) s/class/DTD/
>
> 2) Requiring both sides to have an XML parser isn't *that* much less
> restrictive then requiring both sides to have a JVM either :-)
>
> >
> > Ajay
> >
>
> ABS
>
> --
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