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Vladimir Gapeyev wrote:
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> This is, I guess, the "document-oriented culture", which has its
> peculiar needs, as you describe. But there is also the data-oriented
> culture, with its own peculiar needs. All what I was hypothesizing, was
> that the needs of both could be covered by single syntax and a single
> data model, without inconveniencing either of the cultures.
>
The beauty of XML is that the syntax can be shared without sharing the
data models. Data models are not interoperable. Your model is not mine
which is not Walter's; and that's OK. A standardized data model is a
bug, not a feature.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
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