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Re: [xml-dev] Documents, data and markup: YAML Ain't Markup Language

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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Documents, data and markup: YAML Ain't Markup Language
From: ari@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (K. Ari Krupnikov)
Date: 06 Jun 2003 16:24:37 -0700
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John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> writes:

> If we must have a rule, let it be:  In data-oriented applications, ignore
> unknown elements.  In document-oriented applications, replace an
> unknown element by its content.

I'd go one further: If you strip all markup and the document is still
human-readable, it's a document document.

Ari.

References:
- RE: [xml-dev] YAML Ain't Markup Language
  - From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>
- Documents, data and markup: YAML Ain't Markup Language
  - From: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Re: [xml-dev] Documents, data and markup: YAML Ain't Markup Language
  - From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>

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