> * freedom of choice in the syntactic form of the identifier
>
> * freedom of choice in the naming of identifiers
>
> * independence of document boundaries
>
> * indirection between identifiers of objects and the addresses of the
> documents containing them
>
> * indirection between identifiers of objects and their XML representations
>
> * bi-directional (inverse) relationships
>
> * flexibility in the management of referential integrity
>
> * versioning
nice list.
wondering which of these could be removed (and still hit 80% functionality)
--J
