• To: XML DEV <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
• From: "W. E. Perry" <wperry@f...>
• Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:45:02 -0400
• Organization: Fiduciary Automation
• References: <61D9HESOTRNJ4PK8642WUSO64S243.3da2e700@MChamp> <015e01c26ed7$e3594e60$4bc8a8c0@A...>

Rick Jelliffe wrote:

> If (following Lou Burnard) a DTD is a theory about a document, then perhaps a data
> model is a theory about the markup in a document set.

Demokritos made this point two and a half millennia ago:  there exist only
nothingness, atomic instances, and theories. I have always found the Demokritan model
uniquely well-suited to understanding markup.

Respectfully,

Walter Perry

• Follow-Ups:
  • RE: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
    • From: "Jelks Cabaniss" <jelks@j...>

• References:
  • Re: RE: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
    • From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
  • Re: RE: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
    • From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>

• Prev by Date: Re: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
• Next by Date: Re: Non XML syntaxes
• Previous by thread: Re: RE: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
• Next by thread: RE: heritage (was Re: SGML on the Web)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread