> I think you're over generalizing more than a bit. Over the years I've
> done a couple shredding implementations. In particular, I've
> previously built a generalized approach on top of SQL server that
> supported mixed content, sibling order and did not require a schema.
> Adding comments and PI's to that would have been pretty much trivial.
It's not difficult to do it. It's just difficult to do it in such a way that
you can reassemble a shredded document of any size before the kettle has
boiled.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
