Re: [xml-dev] What is Data?

["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>]

Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>>> My objective is to merely make plain the fundamental ideas 
>>> which guide the formation of the science. 
> 
>> I don't think that's possible.  I strongly suspect that any brief 
>> definition will cause more confusion and harm than good.
> 
> What does that say about a field where it is not possible to make plain the fundamental ideas which guide the field?

Nothing terrible - just that fundamentals are complicated.  It's hardly 
an unusual situation.

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Simon St.Laurent
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