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That's actually pretty clever and should be a new quote on XMLHack. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Lowery [mailto:jlowery@s...] I think this time there's three camps, and time for a campy analogy: I order bacon from three butchers: a document-centric butcher, an object-centric butcher, and a data-centric butcher: The document-centric butcher sends me a pig carcass, and tells me that my bacon's in there somewhere, and if I dig around for it I'll know it when I see it. The object-centric butcher sends me a live hog, with markings indicating where the bacon is, tools for butchering the hog, and maybe even detailed instructions on how to butcher it. If I were to ask for bacon again, I'd get a different set of tools and instructions written by a different butcher who appears to use different methods than the last butcher, or maybe they're the same methods named differently. The data-centric butcher sends me a nice package of bacon. I don't know what part of the pig it came from, and I learn anything about butchering, but I got what I asked for, and no more.
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