Re: funny article

Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message news:<JF1sd.8912$WF.623718_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>...
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> From the database perspective one cannot really make a judgement until
> XML as a data model is truly and well there, and things have only just
> begun to take shape. The essential component, a query language, is not
> even a finished standard yet and query optimization research and other
> typical database subjects (concurrency, integrity, et cetera) are still
> very much in their infancy.
>

When do you presume these pieces will be in place (i.e. data model, concurrency, integrity).

What is the process with which the data model is being developed? Is it some kind of committee like the CODASYL Database Task Group? Or is it being conceived thru research? Or some kind of combination of them?

Regards,
Lauri Pietarinen Received on Sun Dec 05 2004 - 05:55:42 CET