Re: XML Data Model

Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
> If you look at http://www.w3.org/XML/Datamodel.html you see a
description,
> but not, perhaps, a complete "data model" as a relational theorist
would
> describe one. In other words, if this is placed side by side with a
> "relational data model" we might not call both of them "data models".
>
> So, what does constitute a data model? That is, if there were a
complete
> "XML data model", what would it need to have to convince the
relational data
> model theorists that it is, indeed, another data model?

>From http://www.dbdebunk.com/page/page/627016.htm :-

"A general theory of data which defines structural (organization), integrity and manipulation features."

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http://www.dbdebunk.citymax.com/page/page/622923.htm Received on Tue Dec 07 2004 - 19:07:27 CET