Re: [xml-dev] XML mantra, from Sean McGrath

[gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com]

At 2014-01-02 19:07 +0000, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> XML mantra:
>
>         1. Get data into XML as quickly as possible
>         2. Keep it in XML until the last possible minute
>         3. Bring all your XML tools to bear on solving the data 
> processing problem
>
>                 -- Sean McGrath
Absolutely this has worked well for me in the past and continues to do so.

I published my CSV to XML tool as a generic tool to get CSV content 
readily into XML in a number of different forms (with or without the 
header line, custom element names, importable into other stylesheets 
or standalone) here:

    http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/resources/#csv

And it gives me the opportunity to repeat the only XML joke I know 
that I'm sure I've shared in this forum in the past, but it seems 
germane to the topic:

   Q: How is XML like violence?
   A: If it isn't working for you, then you aren't using enough of it.

. . . . . . . . . Ken


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