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Re: [xml-dev] How Much of the Data in The World Is In XML Format?

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To: Chris Wilper <cwilper@cs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] How Much of the Data in The World Is In XML Format?
From: Martin Probst <martin@x-hive.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:38:35 +0200
Cc: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@intergraph.com>,"XML Developers List" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
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> What a fun question.  Forget the numbers -- how does one
> even begin to define "the world's data"?
>
> Are we measuring in bytes or characters?
> Do copies count?  Caches?  Spam?  Video?

If you go for "The world's data" I wouldn't even be certain that most  
data is stored electronically. See all the people in the households  
collecting their bills and contracts and those huge, old archives on  
paper and microfilm.

- Martin

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