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At 10:51 AM 6/6/2003 -0700, Dare Obasanjo wrote: >I often here folks on XML-DEV talk about the distinction between >data-centric vs. document-centric uses of XML yet I've always failed to >see how these uses of XML are at loggerheads. This now seems to me to be >the typical XML-DEV posturing the advance an agenda. Data is information that a computer can process. A document is information that I can process. >Does anyone have any concrete differences between such uses of XML that >require such divisive terms as "doc vs data people". Sure. A document person is someone who doesn't appreciate the significance of using XML for data. A data person is someone who doesn't appreciate the significance of using XML for documents intended for humans. You can usually identify a document person when he calls someone else a datahead. You can usually identify a data person when he calls someone else a dochead. Then there are the XML people, who understand the significance of XML for both documents and data. Jonathan
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