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I agree - I've never liked them either. I like "record-like" and "narrative". Another option is to rename "data-oriented" to "exchange-oriented" (i.e. used in an exchange between trading partners). Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > At 11:07 AM -0400 8/13/03, Chiusano Joseph wrote: > > >In any event, I believe the "data-oriented" and "document-oriented" XML > >divide is being blurred these days [1]. > > I *hate* those terms. All XML documents contain data. All XML data is > found in documents. No exceptions. I've been pushing the alternative > terms record-like and narrative, which I think are more descriptive, > for a few years now, but so far without much success. :-( > -- > > Elliotte Rusty Harold > elharo@m... > Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002) > http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201771861/cafeaulaitA begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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