On 8/21/2017 2:22 AM, Ghislain Fourny wrote:
> I agree with this statement, but I would add that it is very
> important to distinguish between the core data models of XML
> (infoset, PSVI, XDM) and other data models it is able to support
> indirectly.
>
> XML primarily -- natively -- has a tree-based data model.
>
> It can store graphs, but doing so requires an extra data model such
> as RDF or XBRL linkbases (which massively use XLink), and such data
> models are not specifically bound or restricted to XML syntax.
ID/IDREF can be used for graphs... a native facility. You don't really
need RDF, etc.
TomP
