• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: 'Dave Pawson' <davep@d...>
• Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:32:40 +0100

 
> Are namespaced elements metadata? Which would make tags 
> metadata I guess.

I realized after posting this that it's very dangerous to use the term
"metadata" in this forum. I was using the term the way database people use
it (information about types), not the way document people use it
(information about instances).

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay  

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