[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?

• To: xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• From: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
• Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:15:34 +0100
• Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:return-path:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=aMotQ2bQMUJJo1jNLyq8bx9BnYW2JYCXFtqAE4dJP5QHwNJFHKvtHC/4B3BCUoxs/RJ6BN0faRm+W9vJO4df6tvkaVRxcigkqUO5+7DeD+AmrbESbnI6kvWn8KvU+sHoFlg6YZUICwiNU5cxpxhUtHnObKZ7c1mVBGZbMDkqnQE=
• In-reply-to: <41BDA492.4050703@m...>
• References: <677FA140-4AF7-11D9-9B09-000393760B7E@g...> <FE526FC7-4BC0-11D9-B7D9-000A95A51C9E@t...> <7380ED90-4D07-11D9-9157-000393760B7E@g...> <41BD9596.8010200@m...> <963D6A32-4D0B-11D9-9157-000393760B7E@g...> <41BDA492.4050703@m...>

On Dec 13, 2004, at 15:17, Elliotte Harold wrote:

>> Ok. Why would relying on such relationships be a "bad" thing though? 
>> What are the benefits of introducing an <entry> tag in the <dict> 
>> structure?
>
> 1. Most APIs/languages/tools such as XSLT can much more conveniently 
> operate on the parent-child relationship than the sibling 
> relationship.

I see. So generally speaking, explicitly "normalizing" the data is 
mostly beneficial for the processing tools?

Would a fully "spelled out" structure like the following make it easier 
for XSLT to process? Or is that "over-normalized"?

<dict>
     <entry>
	    <key>
		    <string>aKey</string>
	    </key>
	    <value>
		    <integer>101</integer>
	    </value>
     </entry>
</dict>


> 2. It's more extensible. For instance, you could extend the entry 
> approach to include multi-valued keys and valueless keys quite easily.

Yep. Make sense.

Thanks!

Cheers,

PA.

• Follow-Ups:
  • RE: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
  • Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
    • From: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>

• 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...>

• Prev by Date: Re: XML Vocabularies for Large Systems - 3 Philosophically Different Approaches
• Next by Date: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• Previous by thread: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• Next by thread: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread