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Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?

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• Subject: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
• Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:05:08 +0100
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On Dec 13, 2004, at 19:00, Rich Salz wrote:

>> however, my atavistic dislike of angle brackets took over and I ended 
>> up removing all the structural information specific to a dictionary:
>
> That's probably the wrong way to use XML.

I know. This is way I try to avoid XML as much as I can :o)

http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/xml.html

>> I'm not sure if I follow this line of reasoning... after all, the 
>> "raison d'être" of an element is to provide meta-data about the 
>> content.
>
> Sure.  Is it more important that the value of an integer, or that the 
> value is, well, a value?

In the scenario I'm dealing with, the value type (eg integer vs string) 
is more relevant.

>> should attributes be viewed as meta-data about the content or
>> the element itself?
>
> Welcome to an xml-dev permathread.

Oh, my... time to rush to the exit?!?

>> What's the benefit of using an element attribute to define the type 
>> versus using a different element altogether?
>
> Generic tools and xpath expressions, etc., only have to know about one 
> tag.  "All entries with the value 10" -- do you care if it's a string 
> or an int?

Most definitively.

Cheers,

PA.

• References:
  • [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>

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