At 05:59 AM 5/28/2003 (a week ago!), Patrick wrote:
>Another advantage is that it operates with standard XML syntax, unlike
>some proposals, such as LMNL, which has its own (non-XML) format.
This is a non-sequitur. Because LMNL has its own non-XML format does not
mean it can't operate with standard XML syntax. LMNL is a data model, and
XML syntax (or the modified "XML syntax only not well-formed" that
constitutes Patrick's JITTs proposal, for that matter) could perfectly well
be parsed into it. In fact, an XSLT transform works just fine to build an
XML representation of a LMNL model out of arbitrary XML. It has three
templates, none too complicated.
It's off-topic, I know, but I wanted to clarify the record for anyone
tracking the various approaches to overlapping hierarchies.
Regards,
Wendell
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