• To: "Bullard, Claude L \(Len\)" <len.bullard@i...>,"XML Developers List" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: How Much of the Data in The World Is In XML Format?
• From: "Chris Wilper" <cwilper@c...>
• Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 12:25:37 -0400
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• Thread-topic: How Much of the Data in The World Is In XML Format?

What a fun question.  Forget the numbers -- how does one 
even begin to define "the world's data"?

Are we measuring in bytes or characters?
Do copies count?  Caches?  Spam?  Video?

- Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] 
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:18 AM
To: XML Developers List
Subject:  How Much of the Data in The World Is In XML Format?

"..about 40 percent of the world's data is in an XML format. "

http://news.com.com/IBM+to+release+near-ready+DB2+Viper+database/2100-10
10_3-6057835.html?tag=nl

I wonder where he got that number.  I am doubtful.

len

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