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Derek Denny-Brown wrote: > It really depends on the requirements. For data with a long expected > life-time, XML may actually be a better choice than comma/tab delimited file > _because_ it is so verbose. If the original architects choose tag names which > are clear, then when someone approaches the data 10 years later, and the > original authors are long gone, the chance of this new-comer understanding the > data format increases significantly. Or, if you would prefer, you could use shortref in SGML and parse the comma delimited files, making your input both a database dump and a valid SGML instance and your output valid XML. The point is, those of us coming to XML from SGML have experienced, grappled with, partially solved or lived with a lot of issues that those from other backgrounds may regard as being imperatives. The current discussion is a natural result of diverse and intelligent opinions, but a natural enemy of moderation and controlled change. I hope XML is allowed to settle in before anyone tries to fix anything, as I doubt if anyone has clear and complete perspective from all sides of this very large baby. -- Regards Marcus Carr email: mrc@a... _______________________________________________________________ Allette Systems (Australia) email: info@a... Level 10, 91 York Street www: http://www.allette.com.au Sydney 2000 NSW Australia phone: +61 2 9262 4777 fax: +61 2 9262 4774 _______________________________________________________________ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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