RE: XML
| From: | Ed Carp | Date: | Fri, 28 Jun 2002 01:14:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: XML | ||
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> On the other hand, proclaimed "native" XML databases (eg, Software AG's
> Tamino, Ixiasoft's TEXTML) store the "XML-wrapped" data in the database...no
> need to wrap and unwrap the metadata, document/data structure from the data.
Isn't that more than a bit stupid? Databases are for storing data, not metadata. Ask Monty
why he doesn't store data natively as
XML. Short answer: it's stupid, unless all you ever want to see from your database is
XML-wrapped data and never want to see it any
other way.
The whole world isn't XML, nor should it be. 40+ years of working with data tells us that you
ALWAYS want to store data in its
simplest form.
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