Re: [xml-dev] So maybe ID isn't a problem after all.

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote:


> XML itself doesn't do anything with graphs, even with ID/IDREF pairs, beyond 
> simple validation of constraints. As such I have to disagree with your 
> assertion that "Without ID's, XML can only serialize trees" and put it down 
> to FUD.


*in an application-independent way*.  Of course you can define your own

mechanism, or use XLink.

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