This, I think, makes more sense:
*The Markup Minimalist Credo:*
*1. Use the minimal amount of markup necessary to effectively
communicate your data.*
Where the key words are
- “effectively” - don’t make more work for anyone, sender or receiver,
than you need to; and
- “communicate” - why make it easy for the sender but ridiculously hard
for the receiver? They’re both rather important parties in any
communication.
Perhaps it can be better summed up this way:
*The Markup Minimalist Credo:*
*1. Don’t blindly follow rules. Think about what you’re doing, and apply
some of your experience and intelligence.*
Cheers,
Damian
On 2 Nov 2014, at 12:32 am, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org
<mailto:costello@mitre.org>> wrote:
The Markup Minimalist Credo
1.Flatter is better. Add structure (markup) to XML only when
absolutely necessary.
2.Data exchange formats: make them flat.
3.When sending data to consumers, distribute the data in a flat format.
4.When consumers receive the flat XML they may add structure (markup)
to facilitate simpler and more efficient Schematron assertions and/or
simpler and more efficient application processing. Different consumers
will add different structure (markup), depending on their (local)
requirements.
Comments?
/Roger
