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> -----Original Message----- > From: Evan Lenz [mailto:elenz@x...] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:00 PM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: XML database > > > [similar post recently submitted to XML-L] > > This is largely a "religious" issue. Database die-hards vs. > XML die-hards. > Some of the arguments for one over the other don't really > stand up against > each other; they come down to personal preference or what > one's familiar > with. I cnannot agree with this "religious" issue you are referring to, as for me a technology is a tool to solve a specific problem. The characteristics of the problem and the advantages/disadvantages of a specific technology will define there usability for the solution. Obviously this is not a clearcut process and in the case of several technologies being equally qualified, I agree with you that the coice is down to preference. IMHO there is no case to choose between RDBMS and XML as both have distinct properties (for storing data that is) and these properties, except in borderline cases, literally force you to use one technology or the other. But XML (and the related standards) has a much broader application profile that just holding data. XML, because of it's flexibility, can act as a bridge between technologies that are otherwise difficult to integrate (different DB structures, COM --> SOAP --> CORBA, OO --> legacy apps, and countless others) and therefore IMHO it can be the glue that integrates existing application + data islands and create an abstract 'knowledge base' that holds the complete knowledge of mankind (now we talking about a 'religious' vision :-). Just my 5 Pfennig worth Axel -- Axel Eckenberger, BSc Software Project Mangager Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG Tel: +49 (89) 8140-4408 eMail: work: extern.eckenberger@k... private: ecki@p...
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