• To: PA <petite.abeille@g...>
• Subject: Re: [newbie] Mapping a Map 101?
• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:13:58 -0500
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
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PA wrote:

> Here is the equivalent XML version:
> 
> <dict>
>     <key>user</key>
>     <string>wshakesp</string>
>     <key>birth</key>
>     <integer>1564</integer>
>     <key>death</key>
>     <integer>1616</integer>
> </dict>
> 
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ 
> PropertyLists/Concepts/XMLPListsConcept.html
> 
> How would you make the XML format to represent such a dictionary  
> structure less "horrible"?
> 

I wouldn't rely on sibling relationships. Instead I'd write:

<dict>
   <entry>
      <key>user</key>
      <string>wshakesp</string>
   </entry>
   <entry>
      <key>birth</key>
      <integer>1564</integer>
   </entry>
   <entry>
      <key>death</key>
      <integer>1616</integer>
   </entry>
  </dict>

I might also rethink the notion of embedding the data types in the tag 
names, but then again I might not.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
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