Is programming sexier than data design?

["Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>]

Hi Folks,

The xsl-list and the xml-dev list have existed about the same amount of time.

My unscientific observation is that over the years the xsl-list is, on average, more active than the xml-dev list.

For example, thus far today there have been 14 posts to the xsl-list and 0 posts to the xml-dev list (well, now there is 1 post).

XSLT is about programming. XML is about data design.

Is there more interest in programming than in data design? Are there more questions and uncertainty in programming than in data design? Do people like writing programs more than they like modeling data? 

Is programming sexier than data design?

/Roger