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Thanks (all) for several useful replies, which have helped us move toward a more intelligent discussion here. Rob Andrews Useless Python Repository http://www.lowerstandard.com/python/pythonsource.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> To: "Rob Andrews" <rob@j...>; <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Re: advocating XML > At 02:40 PM 3/13/01 -0600, Rob Andrews wrote: > >He feels that a comma-delimited file is better in every visible > >way over XML for data storage, and is under the impression that XML has no > >value. > > If: > > 1) You only exchange 'flat' data - rows of information, basically > and > 2) You exchange only the exact same types of information all the time > and > 3) You don't ever need to send your information to new people who need > labels on the content to figure it out > and > 4) You don't find any XML processing tools intriguing > and > 5) You don't ever plan to show those files directly on a user's screen > > Your manager might be right. > > If you need information stored in structures more complex than lists of > lists, if you need to present that to people in a browser, if you need to > exchange it with other users more easily, or XML processing tools look like > more powerful conveniences than the tools available for comma-delimited > lists, your manager is most likely wrong. > > > Simon St.Laurent - Associate Editor, O'Reilly and Associates > XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. > XHTML: Migrating Toward XML > http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l...
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