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[Paul Prescod] > ... > Rather than trying to figure out a One True SQL mapping, I would > encourage you to think: "what are the resource types that I am trying to > transmit." Invent XML vocabularies for those. Use simple ASPs or CGIs to > build those XML documents based on URI queries. This shifts effort from > the client to the server. That's usually good in and of itself (it > allows simpler clients) but it also means that you will work better with > other parts of the Web infrastructure like XInclude, RDF, XSLT, etc. > Most important, it means that your clients are much less coupled to the > schema of your database. > Hmm, I think your post to Didier said just about what my most recent one said. In a way, it's like learning to use xslt effectively - takes a sort of mind shift. Cheers, Tom P
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