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PA wrote:
> Here is the equivalent XML version:
>
> <dict>
> <key>user</key>
> <string>wshakesp</string>
> <key>birth</key>
> <integer>1564</integer>
> <key>death</key>
> <integer>1616</integer>
> </dict>
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/
> PropertyLists/Concepts/XMLPListsConcept.html
>
> How would you make the XML format to represent such a dictionary
> structure less "horrible"?
>
I wouldn't rely on sibling relationships. Instead I'd write:
<dict>
<entry>
<key>user</key>
<string>wshakesp</string>
</entry>
<entry>
<key>birth</key>
<integer>1564</integer>
</entry>
<entry>
<key>death</key>
<integer>1616</integer>
</entry>
</dict>
I might also rethink the notion of embedding the data types in the tag
names, but then again I might not.
--
Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
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