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Re: Common XML (was Re: Document Feature Requirements)

• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: 10 Apr 2000 20:23:30 -0400

"Don Park" <donpark@d...> writes:

> I would agree with you if it was just the parser and the application
> with nothing in between.  Unfortunately, most e-commerce systems is
> based on N-tier designs with lots of middleware and mediums between
> the data source and the application.  You have to worry, not just
> about the size of the your toilet hole, but all the pipes between
> your home and the sewer plant.  Sorry about my rather yucky
> analogy. <g>

Most e-commerce players are going to use XML only for interchange;
despite the best efforts of self-proclaimed XML vendors, few real
players would be foolish enough to redesign all of their internal
around XML.

That means that you're going to get XML => proprietary internal
storage => XML, where the XML that comes out may or may not bear any
resemblance to the XML that goes in -- elements, attributes, PIs, and
even character data may come out completely transformed (or not at
all), because equivalence will be defined by something other than the
XML markup model.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson                 david@m...
           http://www.megginson.com/

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