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It seems that the next level of mystification will come as I mentioned to Jonathan, when trying to envision integration based on document types. This has begun to feel unnatural and I can't put my finger on why because I worked in the document field for so long. Maybe it is because I saw just how badly documents are designed when not done by someone with a good eye and a sense of logical hierarchy. So what you say about the TEI approach makes sense, but it reminds me of studying standards like 38784 before beginning a technical manual. (Gad, what a thought; standards and best practices for XML data document designs... talk about an eliptical career!) In other words, the stuff most programmers produce that have to be redone by the technical writing staff before publication is pretty bad, and the web pages we saw for awhile were too. Are we entering a topsy turvy age where the technical writers become the senior designers and the programmers work to their designs? That fact alone could breed a counter revolution. :-) len -----Original Message----- From: Arjun Ray [mailto:aray@n...] "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> wrote: | Is there a confusion between loose coupling as an API/data model and | loose coupling as file types on the wire? While both are viable, I | wonder if we would have the same confusion if the InfoSet were taught | before the syntax. Infoset before syntax is a decent idea, but starting with infosets could be just as confusing as starting with syntax. IMHO, it's best to start with an explanation of and emphasis on hierarchic structure (the way the TEI materials do, for instance, except that they were written before the infoset concept, and use the syntax for examples).
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