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Re: [xml-dev] heritage (was Re: [xml-dev] SGML on the Web)

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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] heritage (was Re: [xml-dev] SGML on the Web)
From: "W. E. Perry" <wperry@fiduciary.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:45:02 -0400
Organization: Fiduciary Automation
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Rick Jelliffe wrote:

> If (following Lou Burnard) a DTD is a theory about a document, then perhaps a data
> model is a theory about the markup in a document set.

Demokritos made this point two and a half millennia ago:  there exist only
nothingness, atomic instances, and theories. I have always found the Demokritan model
uniquely well-suited to understanding markup.

Respectfully,

Walter Perry

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