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RE: YAML Ain't Markup Language

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  • Subject: RE: YAML Ain't Markup Language
  • From: Doug Rudder <drudder@d...>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:23:18 -0500

RE:  YAML Ain't Markup Language
Michael Kay wrote:
>But one of the strongest differences I have seen is in the extent to
>which the markup is seen as fundamentally affecting the meaning of the
>data. To document people, the text is fundamental, and markup is
>added-value: <b>blue</b> and <i>blue</i> are in essence the same text.
>To data people, <surname>Black</surname> and <color>Black</color>
>represent fundamentally different information.

This may be a little oversimplification. It tends to view "document" as
format rather than content. The publisher I work for would qualify as
document-centric in that order, entities, and mixed content are an integral
part of our XML content. However, format-specific elements like <b> and <i>
are taboo; we would use <surname> and <color> instead. Our DTDs focus on
media-neutral structural and content-based elements; output (print or
electronic) is handled later.

In this context, text is indeed fundamental; markup is indeed added-value.
But the added-value has to do with structural/content-based enhancement, not
output format.

We tend to produce "narrative" XML as opposed to "record-like" XML (see
Elliotte Rusty Harold's post from December:
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200212/msg00193.html).

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Douglas Rudder
Publishing System Specialist
Facts and Comparisons
WoltersKluwer Health
Phone:  314-216-2227
e-mail:  drudder@d...
www.drugfacts.com
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