Re: [xml-dev] The illusion of simplicity and low cost in data designand

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

>So perhaps the idea that the best place for the metadata of a file is IN the file (e.g.  as magic number, as XML header, etc) not WITH the file, is not hacky but the most unified and best approach?  

If it was layered the way protocols are layered, then there would be one layer at which the metadata is visible as part of the file content, and another layer at which you only see the content.

Michael Kay
Saxonica