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Re: XML and entropy, again

• To: "Elliotte Harold" <elharo@m...>, "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>
• Subject: Re: XML and entropy, again
• From: "Nathan Young" <natyoung@c...>
• Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:07:58 -0800
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <41C87848.7060301@m...>
• Organization: Cisco Systems
• References: <200412211903.iBLJ32t09373@s...> <41C87848.7060301@m...>
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Hi.

> I would claim that if it's possible to write XSLT stylesheets that  
> losslessly convert between two formats in both directions, then the two  
> formats are isomorphic and the entropy does not change from an instance  
> document in one format to the instance document in the other format.
>
>
Isn't this akin to saying that the entropy is in the information itself,  
not in the markup?  There's no question that very complex information can  
be represented by very simple markup.  I don't see anyway to make general  
statements about the value added (or obscured) by a given level of markup  
complexity, especially without the context of an actual requirement.

----->Nathan


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