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RE: Designing XML to Support Information Evolution

• To: 'Robert Koberg' <rob@k...>, Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>
• Subject: RE: Designing XML to Support Information Evolution
• From: Seetharama Rao Durbha <Seetharamarao.Durbha@S...>
• Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 18:30:02 -0700
• Cc: Michael Champion <mc@x...>, xml-dev DEV' <xml-dev@l...>

I do not mean to get between Rick and Robert, but my humble opinion is that
any solution has to be a combination of both - hierarchy and relationship.

For example, look at the object oriented concept - you can have a hierarchy
of object definitions by embedding other objects (including them as member
variables), as well as create relationships by "implements" or "extends".

My two cents.

Seetharama

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Robert Koberg [mailto:rob@k...] 
Sent:	Thursday, May 20, 2004 6:02 PM
To:	Rick Marshall
Cc:	Michael Champion; xml-dev DEV'
Subject:	Re:  Designing XML to Support Information Evolution

Rick Marshall wrote:

> Robert Koberg wrote:
> 
>> Rick Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> hierarchies fail, 
>>
>>
>>
>> hmmm... isn't the internet a hierarchy? has that failed?
> 
> 
> the internet addressing is, the www isn't - it's a large associative 
> memory and i'd be willing to argue that's exactly why it works.
> 
> the internet works because you find machines by following routers, often 
> going up and down hierarchies to get to them. but routers can put 
> non-hierarchical links into the system. there's often more than one way 
> to get between machines.

so? its still a hierarchy, right?


> 
> rick


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