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Re: XML Schemas: the wrong name

• From: "Steven E. Harris" <steven.harris@t...>
• To: xml-dev@x...
• Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:26:53 -0700

"Steven R. Newcomb" <srn@c...> writes:

[...]

> There is this common wisdom out there that the structure of
> interchanged information should also be, in effect, the API to that
> same information.  But, in fact, it's only true for a simple subset
> of the kinds of information that need to be interchanged, and to
> which APIs must be provided.

Can you elaborate on this point?

In particular, what kind of exchanged information doesn't deserve an
API? What are the benefits of separating the two?

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