Roger,
When I need to express this kind of sentiment, I word it as "The data marked up in XML...". To me, formatting is a process that makes something attractive (relatively speaking, of course), closely related to rendering. Encoding is, to me, a way of representing characters in some binary scheme (e.g., Unicode UTF-8).
I recognize that neither of my definitions are universally accepted.
Hope this helps,
Jim
At 2015-01-20 09:51, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
Hi Folks, Which of these is correct: (1) The XML-formatted data is ... (2) The XML-encoded data is ... (3) Something else (what?) Thanks! /Roger======================================================================== Jim Melton --- Editor of ISO/IEC 9075-* (SQL) Phone: +1.801.942.0144 Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32 and W3C XML Query WG Fax : +1.801.942.3345 Oracle Corporation Oracle Email: jim dot melton at oracle dot com 1930 Viscounti Drive Alternate email: jim dot melton at acm dot org Sandy, UT 84093-1063 USA Personal email: SheltieJim at xmission dot com ======================================================================== = Facts are facts. But any opinions expressed are the opinions = = only of myself and may or may not reflect the opinions of anybody = = else with whom I may or may not have discussed the issues at hand. = ======================================================================== _______________________________________________________________________ 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