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Hunsberger, Peter wrote: >Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...> writes: > > >>Hunsberger, Peter wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>I don't get the distinction. As soon as you've got a graph >>> >>> >>you've got >> >> >>>a tree (or perhaps many trees). >>> >>> >>> >>Not necessarily. All trees are graphs but not all graphs are >>trees. For >>instance a pure tree can't represent a cycle but a graph can. >>XML's rule >>that a node can only have one parent is not a limit of graphs >>in general. >> >> > >Yes, I was trying to say that a tree is a subset of a graph, you snipped >the context: > > > >>A more important question, which gets to the heart of the matter, is >>who decides what is a graph, what is a tree, and by what >>means do they >>make the interpretation? >> >> over a hundred years of mathematical theory..... (i'm getting old - might be two hundred years) > >Why do you care about having tree's if you've got a graph? > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > > > begin:vcard fn:Rick Marshall n:Marshall;Rick email;internet:rjm@z... tel;cell:+61 411 287 530 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
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