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Re: [xml-dev] ConciseXML syntax

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To: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] ConciseXML syntax
From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:31:55 -0800
Cc: Mike Plusch <mplusch@clearmethods.com>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Dare Obasanjo wrote:

> PS: XML can't represent objects at best it can represent C-style structs
> and even then it needs a notion of IDness to do this completely. 

Er uh yes XML can represent objects.  This is usually a bad idea, but it 
can be done.  Objects can be serialized/persisted, and pretty well 
anything that can be serialized/persisted can be dressed in XML syntax. 
  What am I missing? -Tim

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