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Re: The String Datatype is the Worst Datatype Ever Created

• From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 21:49:25 +0100

On 23/09/15 12:27, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
[...]

The Title, Author, and Publisher (string) elements are simply
cesspools for garbage and hacker exploits.

Good luck in getting your book published without the metadata :-)

I think you may be confusing "data" XML with "document" XML, as
many have done before (and doubtless many will do in the future).

///Peter

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  • The String Datatype is the Worst Datatype Ever Created
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>