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It isn't naive to think that binary XML should be lossless at the level 
of data when converting to/from real XML.

-- Ron

Bill Kearney wrote:
> From: "Ronald Bourret" <rpbourret@rpbourret.com>
> 
>>Obviously, this additional information could be represented by
>>additional metadata. But it is naive to think that all document
>>designers will add such metadata.
> 
> 
> But is it likewise naive to think these edge cases justify the insanity of
> implementation?
> 
> If I had a nickel for every time I read someone making assumptions about
> metadata inferences from dates and/or timestamps...   Yeesh folks, if you
> want period-related or geo meta then PUT IT THE HELL IN THERE and stop
> tormenting the rest of us.





 

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