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At 06:22 AM 3/15/02, Len Bullard wrote:
>Maybe I am just getting foggy in my dotage, but do we
>need Xlinks if we use relational dbs and if so, for what
>other than perhaps a convenient transport representation?
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you've got a linkbase that works
fine now, go with it - there is no need for you to use XLink except, as you
say, as "a convenient transport representation."
Of course, in many senses, XML itself is "just" a "convenient transport
representation," with data coming from databases, generated from the state
of some process, or otherwise not existing natively as pointy brackets.
Of course, I think you knew this - but thanks for the leading question. (-:
~Chris
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DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training
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