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Those are popular phrases but largely
meaningless unless further defined by the processes and kinds and types of data
to be integrated. For example, how much analysis is required of the integrated
sources, how are they QA’d and does that occur before or after the XML is
created given that XML is the final format for delivering an integrated
product? len From: Michael Hopwood [mailto:michael@editeur.org] So the problem space
is…? How does “information integration” or “data
integration” sound? That is one of the phrases I hear bandied around at
lot at present. From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@saxonica.com]
It’s a general qualifications
question: do you expect an XML professional to: There's no such thing as an XML
professional, any more than you can be a screwdriver professional or a
fork-lift truck professional. People who define their abilities by the tools
they can use proficiently are not professionals, they are technicians;
professionals define their capabilities in terms of the problem space, not the
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