Re: XML and RDBMS/OODBMS

From: Eric Junkermann <eric_at_deptj.demon.co.uk>
Date: 2 May 2003 03:04:15 -0700
Message-ID: <70568f73.0305020204.6d2a2fa1_at_posting.google.com>

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:<Ezksa.431534$OV.428620_at_rwcrnsc54>...

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> 7. XML uses a tree structure, and the tree is the perfect universal data structure.

Perfect for what?

And why?

IMO it isn't even perfect for data transfer - the rest of that list is true of many other formats, including the headed tables mentioned in the original post.

Eric Received on Fri May 02 2003 - 12:04:15 CEST

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