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[Tim Bray] >That depends on whether you believe hyperlinks are structure (which is generally believed should >be marked-up inline) or presentation (which is generally believed should be decoupled from >content). I tend to the former, obviously, but I suspect this is a debate that will outlive us all. -Tim I suspect they are in the twilight zone between the two in an area the database world typically calls a "view". i.e. you have physical tabular structure but all interactions are performed through database "views". These are more aggregational than presentational. They go through a further binding to create human-oriented presentations. I had cause recently to muse that the database concept of a "view" is one of the more powerful ideas we somehow lost in the headlong rush to XML content/presentation dualism. Come back database view technology: all is forgiven http://www.propylon.com/html/knowledge/Come_Back_Database_View_Technology_All_is_Forgiven_20020919.html regards, Sean
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