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Re: XML mantra

• From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:10:36 +0000

On 27/01/2019 23:26, Rick Jelliffe wrote:
> Hmmm.  s/data/document/g

I think Sean called it the "XML Pipeliners' Mantra".

> I don't see that it has ever been shown that XML is generally great
> for non-document data, such as relational data.  And the rise of
> JSON suggests it is not so congenial for non-pipeline uses too,
> doesn't it?

It's occasionally a convenience for relational data (MySQL's -X option
is useful) and also convenient when the data contains text that requires
markup of some kind (mixed content).

> Non document data tends to be XML only when there are other
> requirements or factors, such as longevity, validation,
> standardization, surrounding architecture, use of framework or
> library, team exposure, lack of datatypes, where the data firms a
> natural hierarchy, and so on.

May I quote this in the XML FAQ, please, Rick?

Peter

> On Sat, 26 Jan. 2019, 23:23 Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org > wrote:
> 
>     Still worth repeating …..____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     XML mantra:____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>               1. Get data into XML as quickly as possible____
> 
>               2. Keep it in XML until the last possible minute____
> 
>               3. Bring all your XML tools to bear on solving the data
>     processing problem____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>                           -- Sean McGrath____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     See slide 12 of "Performing impossible feats of XML processing with
>     pipelining"____
> 
>     __ __
> 

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• References:
  • XML mantra
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: XML mantra
    • From: Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>