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> > If people had defined the model before > > defining the syntax we wouldn't be in this mess. > > If we had tried to define the one true data model before defining XML, > either (a) we'd still be in committee meetings or (b) XML would have > been yet another big heavy API that would have fallen with a thud on the > floor and been generally ignored. -Tim Could it be that the "model-first" approach is often appropriate for projects, but does not scale to standardization efforts Sam Hunting eTopicality, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Turn your searching experience into a finding experience."(tm) Topic map consulting and training: www.etopicality.com Free open source topic map tools: www.gooseworks.org XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-74960-2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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