From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a26758eec3c2e1ad X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-07 10:10:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!west.cox.net!cox.net!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D00E939.920EAB93@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Use of XML for config files References: <3CFC5DB2.A21DCF61@cs.tu-berlin.de> <4519e058.0206041129.5b250124@posting.google.com> <3CFDBB4D.29DAADEF@cs.tu-berlin.de> <3CFE6281.1F07E497@san.rr.com> <3CFF7AAB.F5B64132@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 17:10:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1023469856 66.75.151.160 (Fri, 07 Jun 2002 10:10:56 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 10:10:56 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25462 Date: 2002-06-07T17:10:56+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > Darren New wrote: > : database-like stuff, rather than a readable document containing > : prose, you're no longer talking about documents, so there is a bit more > : flexibility. > > Yes and no, because "document" is a defined term in SGML/XML, > and this is what I was thinking of in this XML discussion. Well, yes, I was talking about "document" like normal people use it, not as defined in a standard about text processing. :-) My point was, once you're not talking about something that humans would consider "readable prose", then the distinction between "character data" and "attribute values" (which are also strings of characters) becomes much less important. If what you're writing is a DTD for prose (like, say, manual pages, books, etc), rather than "data" (like a metainformation database or config files), then understanding the distinction between PCDATA and attribute values is worthwhile. Otherwise, it's whatever looks nice and is convenient. Nuff said. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.