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Re: XLinks

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• Subject: Re: XLinks
• From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@m...>
• Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 09:42:35 -0800
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At 06:22 AM 3/15/02, Len Bullard wrote:
>Maybe I am just getting foggy in my dotage, but do we
>need Xlinks if we use relational dbs and if so, for what
>other than perhaps a convenient transport representation?

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  If you've got a linkbase that works 
fine now, go with it - there is no need for you to use XLink except, as you 
say, as "a convenient transport representation."

Of course, in many senses, XML itself is "just" a "convenient transport 
representation," with data coming from databases, generated from the state 
of some process, or otherwise not existing natively as pointy brackets.

Of course, I think you knew this - but thanks for the leading question. (-:

~Chris
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Christopher R. Maden, Principal Consultant, crism consulting
DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training
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