> >XML *has* a very useful standardized data model [1] that coexists
with
> >the serialization syntax, and I predict that both will survive for a
> >very long time.
> >
> >[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-query-datamodel-20011220/
>
> No, that document is quite explicitly the "W3C XQuery 1.0 and XPath
2.0
> Data Model". It makes no claims whatsoever to be a standardized data
> model for XML, nor should it.
If it's not for XML, then what the heck is it for? If it's not a data
model, then what the heck is it?
Any sane person can see that it specifies a data model for XML.
I won't be lured into this rabbit hole.
