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This makes me wonder what should an xml architect consider in the event that they do not know how various organizations are going to use their data? Generally speaking I would write fairly simply organized xml that easily databinds and bulk loads into an sql database. Thus I would write an xml that works within existing technologies easily first and foremost and logically represents that data at it's highest precision secondly with both goals being achieved. Making the data easy to use in existing technologies provides some evidence the data is easily consumable. I suppose with XML and data in general the size of the file is another major factor in organization of the data such that if the file is too large to easily work with then it's likely badly represented if it cannot be produced in smaller files that are effectively parsed. Also depending on the data there is likely a standard representation of values that is most common which should potentially be adopted such that an investigation into standard data representation is required even if people are going to convert the data later. Also a similar investigation into standard words used to represent concepts is important so as to fit in logically with existing terminology conceptions. Thoughts? What would you consider when creating an xml dataset as such? On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM, W. E. Perry <wperry@fiduciary.com> wrote: > the system producing an output of "1/3 meter" cannot know what other systems might consume that data, nor for what purposes, and certainly cannot be responsible for unknown systems getting data in a form or to a precision which they require -- Alex Muir Instructor | Program Organizer - University Technology Student Work Experience Building University of the Gambia http://sites.utg.edu.gm/alex/ Low budget software development benefiting development in the Gambia, West Africa Experience of a lifetime, come to Gambia and Join UTSWEB - http://sites.utg.edu.gm/utsweb/
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