• To: Chiusano Joseph <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Subject: Re: A Systematic Approach to using Simple XML Vocabularies to Implement Large (Complex) Systems
• From: Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@g...>
• Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:54:19 -0600
• Cc: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>, xml-dev@l...
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:53:57 -0500, Chiusano Joseph
<chiusano_joseph@b...> wrote:

<snip/>
> 
> Other than the association in the last content model above, is this
> really much better than flat files? Everything is either a collection or
> an object, which - IMO - is a step above having no metadata, but not a
> large one.

Yes, one would need at least a type or some other attribute that
allows for one-to- one mapping to a Schema (conceptually, if not
literally).  Where we have instance data that approximates this we
also have a type attribute among others.

-- 
Peter Hunsberger

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