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Re: The use of XML syntax in XML Query

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• Subject: Re: The use of XML syntax in XML Query
• From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 23:40:17 -0800
• Cc: www-xml-query-comments@w...
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Jonathan Borden wrote:

> FWIW, when I first saw the psuedo-XML syntax I had a negative reaction but
> over time I've come to sort of like it. It looks like when a scripting
> language is used to directly construct XML to be returned from a web server
> etc.

Which is precisely what I like about it. Given that the element
constructor syntax was designed for creating element type names on the
fly (a less than 20% case if I've ever seen one) I think it would be a
mistake to get rid of this syntax.

-- Ron

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