• From: "bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@g...>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:22:55 +0200

if it does, was an entity management system in place for the older XML format.

Does the XML format used base itself partially on other standards to
manage data across multiple documents - linking technologies,
inclusions, etc. probably.


Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

On 9/9/07, bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@g...> wrote:
> Does the specific XML used in the financial institution make use of
> external entities?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
> On 9/9/07, Costello, Roger L. <costello@m...> wrote:
> > Ken North wrote:
> >
> > > One of the leading financial institutions in New York adopted XML
> > about 7 years
> > > ago because they need to archive stock and trading information for as
> > long as
> > > 20 years. They'd had problems with obsolete media and file formats,
> > > such as WordPerfect 5.1.
> >
> > As always, very interesting information Ken.
> >
> > Suppose the year is 2027. XML stopped being used years earlier, in
> > favor of another format. The financial institution wants to examine its
> > data archives (XML documents) from 2007. What capabilities must the
> > financial institution have to read the archives?
> >
> > I think the only capability that the financial institution will require
> > is the ability to interpret Unicode or ASCII, correct? Having an XML
> > parser will not be required, correct?
> >
> > /Roger
> >
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