RE: [xml-dev] Data streams

(a) the longer the tags or the shorter the data 
> elements, the
> less sense it makes to transport the data via XML and (b) the 
> shorter the
> tags or the longer the data elements, the more sense it makes 
> to transport
> the data via XML. Anyone disagree?

If long tags are causing you pain, use short tags.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/