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RE: On edge-labelled graphs in XML

• From: Wayne Steele <xmlmaster@h...>
• To: mrys@m..., xml-dev@l...
• Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:46:57 -0700 (PDT)

Why would someone prefer an edge-based model to a node-based one?
or vice-versa?

IMHO, the concepts of a "node" and a "tree" seem pretty straightforward; 
dealing with edge-based abstractions is about as comfortable as reading a 
book turned upside-down.

-Wayne Steele


>From: Michael Rys <mrys@m...>
>To: "'tpassin@h...'" <tpassin@h...>, xml-dev@x...
>Subject: RE: Research notebook: On edge-labelled graphs in XML
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:36:11 -0700
>
>This is an interesting observation. As a proponent of edge-labelled graphs
>(Lore, proposed XML data model based on edge-labelled graphs about a year
>ago) I would favor this, however, due to the extensive node-centric models
>within the W3C (DOM, XPath, but not the Infoset which should be interpreted
>as agnostic on this), the current working draft is (in my personal and
>humble opinion unfortunately) also node-labelled...
>
>Best regards
>Michael
>
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