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Didier PH Martin wrote (as the conclusion to a tight and convincing argument for a proposition with which I disagree on fundamental premises): > So we are very close but not there yet. processing modules have to get a > common way to interact with the data structure. Said differently, we have now > to move away from parsing(syntax) to processing (do somehing with). Define how > modules can access and share a common data structure (the hierarchical > database created by the de-serialization obtained from the > parsing process). IMH (if oft-repeated) opinion, 'parsing (syntax)' is the inherent mechanism of XML for 'interact[ing] with the data structure'. The data structure is discovered in the parse of the instance. If that structure as discovered does not correspond to some pre-ordained model or abstraction, then this instance is not valid against that model. Nevertheless this instance--allowing only that it is well-formed--is XML and, I would argue, the correct and most XML-compliant mechanism for extending processing capabilities designed to operate upon XML instances. Respectfully, Walter Perry
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