Re: [xml-dev] Data is primary .... why?

[Jim Melton <jim.melton@oracle.com>]

I'll add one more:

c) If you don't understand your data, nothing you do will make sense.

Jim

At 2014-03-31 16:29, Michael Kay wrote:

> On 31 Mar 2014, at 20:00, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Long ago Michael Kay said something like this:
> >
> >   Data is primary.
> >
>
> I've no idea what the context was, but I think there are probably 
> two ways I would expand the statement:
>
> (a) Data lasts longer than programs and has more value. Therefore 
> don't lock your data into proprietary formats that won't survive the 
> software used to create them.
>
> (b) In designing a software system, the core piece of design that 
> you need to get right is the data model.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>
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