Re: [xml-dev] What are the practical, negative consequences of thinking that attributes are metadata?

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Rick Jelliffe <>
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2017-02-16T13:32:14Z
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Re: [xml-dev] What are the practical, negative consequences of thinking that attributes are metadata?
 Here is kinda how I see it. How do others see it?

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Rick

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00 PM, Costello, Roger L. <[email protected]> wrote:

Simon St. Laurent wrote:

 

Ø  I think that none of the data-centric cases

Ø  where this conversation tends to take place

Ø  are even appropriate use cases for XML at

Ø  this point.

 

That is a fascinating statement Simon!

 

Would you elaborate please? I’d like to understand more fully what you mean.

 

Isn’t XML necessarily about data, i.e., data-focused, data-centric?

 

What are the appropriate use cases for XML at this point in history?

 

/Roger