George,
I hope it's ok with you if I point you to the archive of a recent thread
on this:
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200308/msg00222.html
You might like to go through this archived thread and then pick up here
where the thread leaves off if you'd like.
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
George Richard Russell wrote:
>
> I was wondering if there was a "good" definition of both data
> "record-like" and document oriented "narrative" XML which is either
> widely accepted, or otherwise published in the academic literature.
>
> I have been unable to find a usable definition, and wondered if one was
> known to those on this list. Has anyone gone through the features of XML
> 1.0 and attempted to partition them into data|doc|both? Or does it seem
> more likely that the split occurs in how the various features are used,
> as opposed to what features?
>
> Apologies for possibly awakening a permathread.
>
> Thanks
> George Russell
>
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