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>>just as straightforward<< I don't know. Is there a bulk data methodology that is generically understood, or could one be proposed? If so, then it might be another parallel idea. Not familiar with bulk data, but I am supposing that bulk data breaks a hierarchical xml document into two or more flat tables that are linked on a key element. My suggestion may actually work on such flat tables to remove remaining "syntactical excesses" Also I guess it is a similiar approach except that when using hierarchical xml no key is needed to accomplish the normalization. >>shim in-between to handle an abbreviated syntax<< Yes, but I am suggesting that it could be some kind of generic xml structure and so the "shim" is then not application specific. regards, bill p Bill Kearney wrote: > > Sorry if this is an old idea. The more I have experimented with the idea > > recently, the more compelling it seems. > > This seems more like an application level argument. That is, if your > application is geared toward individual transations how would this help? > You're going to have to add some sort of shim in-between to handle an > abbreviated syntax, so wouldn't it be just as straightforward to do this > with a bulk transaction set of data instead? > > But there would seem to be some merit in having a more standardized way to > express repetitive , regular data without all the syntactical excesses of a > plain XML file. > > -Bill Kearney > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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>
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