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Re: An inquiry into the nature of XML and how it orientsour pe

• From: Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@gmail.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:05:54 -0600

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Len Bullard <cbullard@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>> Also agree.  We tried it with markup a couple of times.  It's data. Full
>> stop.
>
> Are you saying, an XML document is always data?

It's always data. Not that tells us anything.

> For example, an XML
> format can be a XSLT stylesheet, XSD Schema, or say WSDL files, in
> which case XML can be say programs, which can be executed.

Yes, one mans data, is another persons metadata , is another persons
programming language...

-- 
Peter Hunsberger

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