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> > 1. Persistent XML: the XML document is persistent. > Applications operate > > directly on the XML document. > > > > 2. Transient XML: upon arrival at its destination the data may be > > transformed into some other format (language objects, > relational database, > > etc) that applications work with. > > > > 3. Application XML: the XML document is the application. > > Question: > > Umm, isn't that only two dimensions? Aren't persistent and transient > just points on a single temporal axis? (Which brings me back to my > question of when does a document change from being persistent to > transient or vice versa?) I think at best you can have a single axis > that measure the length of time for which the document exists. Still > not sure that this helps any, but lets continue... I don't think it's the lifespan of the document that matters, it's the number of people/applications who will read it and the predictability of the way they will use it. Transient = 1 predictable recipient, Persistent = many unpredictable recipients. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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