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You said, I believe most debates of this issue are about using XML for what it is not very good at versus applying XML where it is very good. I say, can we make XML better? So we can use it in more places? without breaking any 1.0/1.1 support? Brian > From: cbullard@hiwaay.net > To: amyzing@talsever.com; xml-dev@lists.xml.org > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:48:46 -0500 > Subject: RE: [xml-dev] RFC for XML Object Parsing > > Attribute order does not matter. Order of content marked as attributes > might. Any order-dependent morphology has that requirement. For example, a > data module code is a series of data module attribute values. Its order in > the XML is schema-designer dependent and a lot of them alphabetize for some > order (indicating a monkey level preference for ordered sets; less to think > about later). Order is required in the next rendering as a split-delimited > string used as an identifier. Constraint by application. > > Programmers array-schlep or they write microparsers or the data designer > moves order-dependent data sets into elements where order can be prescribed. > Speed of parse and avoidance of latency confuses serialization speed with > efficiency for scripting in other use cases. Efficiency of the machine and > versatility of the representation are balanced to the ease of data entry > given the consumer has its own rules about identity and stack order. > > XML Doesn't Care. > > I believe most debates of this issue are about using XML for what it is not > very good at versus applying XML where it is very good. > > len > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amelia A Lewis [mailto:amyzing@talsever.com] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 2:30 PM > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org > Subject: RE: [xml-dev] RFC for XML Object Parsing > > On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:25:01 -0600, Brian Aberle wrote: > > Attribute order matters,oid must be first however, OID IS NEVER REQUIRED. > > You do realize that this means "this is not XML"? > > You can't even guarantee attribute order in SAX. Suggesting that > attribute order matters is pretty baffling, altogether. > > Amy! > -- > Amelia A. Lewis amyzing {at} talsever.com > The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be > regarded as a criminal offence. > -- Edsger Dijkstra > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php |