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 Simon St.Laurent wrote: > At 04:00 PM 3/15/01 -0500, Jonathan Borden wrote: > >Right, and so we define 'equivalence' between two documents as > >operationally: > > > >1) parsing two documents produces the same SAX events > >2) parsing two documents produces an equivalent DOM object > > > >(that's the simple way of saying that these two documents have the same > >infoset) > > Except that isn't always good enough, for regulatory reasons if nothing > else. (Just as it isn't wise to throw away original faxes and order forms > when the data's in the computer.) Remember, there are still people who > don't find post-parse infosets to be a complete enough answer. certainly you can keep the original document for records purposes. I mean that the result of substituting "WHATEVER" with "whatever" ought not be required to keep irrelevent stuff -- and if you need to keep track of details such as whether an attribute value is single or double quoted or the order of attributes, then you -need- an XML editor, not SAX. But this requires you to admit you are on the 20 side of 80/20 (or 1 side of 99/1) > > I guess this keeps my book-writing gig in business - XML Elements of Style > goes into detail on these issues - but I can't say these are the reasons I > want people buying books. > > >no fancy wrench needed. > > Too much understanding needed, though, for too little gain. > Perhaps to -write- XML Elements of Style, but best practices stand on their own. Just tell Simple Bob: These are the 10 wrenches you need to construct -any- XML application. Leave these 2 on the shelf and don't make anything that requires either of these tools. You can use the other 8 to your heart's desire. and, if you: 1) Buy a toy in the store that requires one of those 2 wrenches to construct: a) return it and ask for a toy you can build with any of your 8 wrenches b) take the toy to Complex Sue and have her build it for you -Jonathan 
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