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On Friday 24 October 2003 12:16, Rich Salz wrote:
> > Isn't describing "what the data looks like", what a data model
> > does?
>
> No, it also describes the possible values. (Did I really write "what
> the *data* looks like"? That was sloppy, I should have used "bytes")
What's the difference between saying: "the data will fit this
form" versus "the possible values are of this form"?
> When you see "xs:any" at the end of an "xs:complexType" declaration, do
> you think "base class" or do you think ".*" (the regexp pattern). It
> took me some time to get away from the first notion, and it's still hard
> to come up with good words to explain it.
>
> What is the data model of this?
>
> <xs:element name="Address">
> <xs:complexType>
> <xs:element name="Street"/>
> <xs:element name="Country"/>
> <xs:element name="PostalCode"/>
> </xs:complexType>
> </xs:element>
We're not connecting on something here, because for me, that XML
snippet does describe a data model. It says an Address is composed
of a Street, Country and Postal Code. What else is there for a
data model to say about an Address?
A syntax, like XML, then tells you how to get from this data model
to actual bytes.
Tyler
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