Re: Semi-structured data
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:09:41 GMT
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:09:41 GMT
Message-ID: <40dfedf3.1227725_at_news.wanadoo.es>
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:55:03 GMT, "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:
>For some months now, every time someone uses that term, I ask
>them what they mean by "semistructured." Generally the get
>very vague at that point.
The consequence of "semistructured" thinking :-)
> As near as I can tell, most people use
>the term "semistructured" to mean data in a tree format; aka
>XML.
Indeed, it is an ill defined term often used to build fallacies and to
promote the regression to the hierarchical approach.
Charlatans love vague terms because they can play a lot with them.
Regards
Alfredo
Received on Mon Jun 28 2004 - 12:09:41 CEST