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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML ... simple building blocks, simple assembly mechanisms, endless complexity
Absolutely - this is the very focus of the OASIS Content Assembly Mechanism (CAM) TC[1]. [1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=cam Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World > "Roger L. Costello" wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I think that XML is a lot like Legos. > > Consider Legos: with simple building blocks that have clearly defined > assembling mechanisms (i.e., ways of snapping the blocks together) you > can create a virtually endless variety and complexity of structures. > > Consider XML: in XML there are just two building blocks: (1) tags, and > (2) data. The assembling mechanisms of XML building blocks are very > simple: (1) a tag can embed tag(s), and (2) a tag can embed data. > With these building blocks, and these assembly mechanisms virtually > any information structure can be created. > > Simple building blocks ... simple assembly mechanisms ... endless > complexity. > > Nice! > > /Roger -- Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Associate Booz | Allen | Hamilton
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