... Now, Don, you know they're only *Recommendations* <wink, wink, nudge, nudge; say no more, say no more>....
Jeff Lowery
jlowery@...
Aug 2, 2001 6:40 pm
4879
Or call it hopeful thinking, if you will... One of the projects I intend to start on as soon as I finish my book (on XML Schema; please don't pummel me), is to...
Jeff Lowery
jlowery@...
Aug 2, 2001 7:48 pm
4880
I'm sorry, did I post to the wrong group? Simplify, simplify, simplify... okay, I get it now. :-P...
Jeff Lowery
jlowery@...
Aug 3, 2001 8:21 pm
4881
No... I'm just totally busy. I'll respond after the 11th when I get a brether. ;) Clark...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 3, 2001 10:40 pm
4882
Dear All One thing that piques my interest about SML/YAML is that it springs, in part, from XML not being based on a data model. So you are creating a system ...
Robby Cruz
robbycc@...
Aug 5, 2001 1:58 am
4883
... I think that another differentiator here is that this community is largely driven by practical needs. I have a product due on Aug 8th for instance, and...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 5, 2001 4:17 pm
4884
I noticed your email address on a list serve related to technology and web development. With your permission, we would like to send you information regarding...
Victor Black
content-management@...
Aug 6, 2001 7:09 am
4885
... Maybe we need to list the different universal models, see in what way they are different, the strong and weak points. The relational databases have: a...
Sjoerd Visscher
sjoerd@...
Aug 6, 2001 2:58 pm
4886
... I think this is a very useful question. I agree that the main data models (writ large) are the relational model, XML and its variants, and RDF. We could...
mchamp@...
Aug 6, 2001 4:19 pm
4887
I don't know if I look at this from too abstract a perspective since I don't get to code much any more, but I see a different perspective on data models. to me...
dale@...
Aug 7, 2001 7:36 pm
4888
... Why do you say it? What in particular makes it great at representing complex hierarhical objects? I think XML sucks, because XML's framework lacks...
Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Aug 8, 2001 3:26 am
4889
... No, Paul, you're right, my choice of words is bad- XML is not really great for anything. It's adequate for complex hierarchies... but mostly because the...
Hunscher, Dale
Dale.Hunscher@...
Aug 8, 2001 12:24 pm
4890
... I think human beings understand hierarchies better than they understand flat relatinal models. There's a lot of applications developers who refuse to touch...
Jeff Lowery
jlowery@...
Aug 8, 2001 6:13 pm
4891
... I'd love to hear more. Best, Clark...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:22 am
4892
Your message, Re: [sml-dev] Re: Comment and Question, was not delivered to the following recipient: mcgilpi@... Reason: Unknown recipient:...
iComMand Support
support@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:22 am
4893
... Unfortunately, I have no solution yet. Only problems and some unstructured mess. As usual. Let's forget about 'document/data' distinction. Any problem...
pault12@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:41 pm
4894
Your message, [sml-dev] inheritance and linking., was not delivered to the following recipient: mcgilpi@... Reason: Unknown recipient:...
iComMand Support
support@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:41 pm
4895
... Looking at information using the atom/molecule metaphor is an interesting approach. To summarize: 1. Cut & paste ... implies a loose coupling between A...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:06 pm
4896
Your message, Re: [sml-dev] inheritance and linking., was not delivered to the following recipient: mcgilpi@... Reason: Unknown recipient:...
iComMand Support
support@...
Aug 9, 2001 11:06 pm
4897
... From: Clark C . Evans ... Well ... not really ... What I want is to define B as a 'diff' to A. Something like "B is A , but B is using one more property...
Paul Tchistopolskii
pault12@...
Aug 10, 2001 6:52 am
4898
The problem you are describing is typically solved by introducing another layer of abstraction, often call it facets or aspects, which can be used to represent...
Don Park
donpark@...
Aug 10, 2001 7:37 am
4899
... Yes. This also goes by the term "normal form" no? *wink* Best, Clark [1] Yes, I know, first and second normal forms don't do this; but third, fourth, and...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 10, 2001 2:02 pm
4900
Clark, you are right... Don, *you* are right. You have hit upon the essence of the problem. What I want from inheritance isn't provided by XML at all. BTW,...
dale@...
Aug 10, 2001 4:49 pm
4901
By the way, I'd like to point out that we've had some pretty fantastic progress on YAML lately: 0. I think Oren, Brian, and I are finally in agreement on a...
Clark C . Evans
cce@...
Aug 10, 2001 5:43 pm
4902
... that is incompatible with XML, I think it would be wise for us to start by tackling the niches in which XML does poorly.< ... chicken and egg problem (if...
gizmotron@...
Aug 13, 2001 8:38 pm
4903
... <snipped from recent post> I think human beings understand hierarchies better than they understand flat relatinal models. There's a lot of applications...
gizmotron@...
Aug 14, 2001 3:40 pm
4904
sml-dev group, I've just discovered the semanticWeb group. I'm going to look into RDF and how it might or might not work with MTML. Best regards, Mark Brownell...
gizmotron@...
Aug 17, 2001 4:59 pm
4905
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Greg Thomas
quickls3@...
Aug 19, 2001 8:48 am
4906
... OK, so I added RDF/Dublin Core portaling to my on-line creation. Vn 2.0.6 of the sub-browser is up and running. You can download the freeware application...