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

[Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>]

Now we're getting somewhere.

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On Mar 31, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:

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> On 31 Mar 2014, at 20:00, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Folks,
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>> Long ago Michael Kay said something like this:
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>>    Data is primary.
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> I've no idea what the context was, but I think there are probably two ways I would expand the statement:
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> (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.
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> (b) In designing a software system, the core piece of design that you need to get right is the data model. 
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