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Re: why hierarchy?

From: Andy Dingley <dingbat_at_codesmiths.com>
Date: 26 Jul 2006 09:43:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1153932202.878364.280390@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> 






Joe Kesselman wrote:



> Reminder: XML is intended as an interchange syntax,




XML is intended as an interchange syntax that's also a slashed-down
SGML.



That's had more effects on its design than any amount of DB theory.



Yes, we _know_ most of XML is wrong. It's just where you end up if you
start from where XML started from.
Received on Wed Jul 26 2006 - 11:43:22 CDT












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