RE: Another "Against the Grain" column on XML

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

Not odd but true, now that we have these giant 
relational databases with QBE, forms etc., we 
find we have to put browser technology in it 
and use a document model for a more intuitive 
interface because forms are great for data 
entry but lousy for navigation and presentation.

Somewhere in all that is the pony.

Len 
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@pacbell.net]

Note the assumption there:  XML being used for highly regular
information models.  Yet I thought the real strength of XML was
in situations where such regular models were atypical ... yes, folk
from database-intensive worlds say there are few such situations,
but that doesn't match my observation.

Folk used to using an RDBMS as their hammer may view the
world as a set of nail relations, post-normalization.  I think it's
got a lot more richness than that, actually ... :)