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Re: What is XML For?

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• Subject: Re: What is XML For?
• From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
• Date: 24 Oct 2002 08:27:41 +0200
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On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 03:33, Trevor Croll wrote:
> XMl is a way for  applications to exchange datastructures, it is this
> simple.

That's not accurate IMO.

You can say that "I see XML as a way to exchange datastructures between
applications" or "XML can be used as a way to exchange datastructures"
but you can't redefine what XML is...

Eric
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