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   Re: Re: [xml-dev] Syntax + object model

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grimlinda@earthlink.net (Linda Grimaldi) writes:
>LLG: True, but a standard syntax by itself doesn't help me make any 
>sense of the communication.  It's just bytes.

Fair enough, though I find most XML bytes easier to decode than bytes in
other flavors.

Objects are great if everyone agrees on the objects.  In my experience,
no one really wants to go that far, and information representation is a
useful middle ground.

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Simon St.Laurent
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