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Re: XML not ideal for Big Data

• From: Keith Hassen <keith.hassen@gmail.com>
• To: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:03:01 -0400

On 9/3/2009 11:53 AM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> Perhaps there were better ways to have made XML work with his 
> problems... but I think on the whole he's right.
> 
> http://dataspora.com/blog/xml-and-big-data/
> 


I would agree with this assessment whole-heartedly.  I am frequently 
tasked with designing integration software (or software components) and 
the temptation to use XML technologies is significant.  Learning the 
hard way, I have found that large dat loads or high-performance demands 
steer me away from XML and toward strategies similar to the author's.

Defaulting to XML just because it's exciting and new shouldn't blindly 
compel us to use it.  Sounds obvious, but that author's experience is a 
perfect example of the mistake.

-KPH

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    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>