Re: [xml-dev] Abstraction in Science, Mathematics, Software, and Markup

[Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
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> Hi Folks,
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> I am in awe of the power of abstraction.
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> I welcome your comments, particularly if you can identify other mechanisms for abstraction in markup.
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I think it's fair to say that abstraction is the protogenesis of all
generic markup....  For that matter, it's a large part, if not the
main part, or what data modelling (in all forms) is all about.

Peter Hunsberger