Hi folks This thread has got me thinking. What is returned from a query is a value. What is a legal value should be defined in the API spec. XQuery has define what a legal value is in their data model doc (see w3c data model doc). It may be wise to adopt this as a valid value in the xmldb API as well. In this light, I would use the word Value instead of Resource.
cheers jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dare Obasanjo > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problems With Implementing XMLDB API > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Borden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: Problems With Implementing XMLDB API > > > > > Err, so "addResource" on a BinaryResource is OK _from an > interface point of > > view_ when "addResource" on an integer doesn't make sense? Do you really > > mean this? > > Considering that a number of native XML databases store BLOBS > including Tamino > and eXcelon as well as the fact that a few XML-enabled databases support > storing XML as blobs such as DB2 (XMLCLOB type) and Oracle (in > regular CLOBs) > I don't see why it should be unreasonable to expect an API that > expects to be > used by XML databases not to support storing binary resources. > > On the other hand expecting the database to expect to know how to manage > floating point numbers and booleans is ludicrous in my opinion. > > > A collection/list/set of integers is a _perfectly_ reasonable and well > > understood entity. > > Not for storing in a XML database. > > > What makes this different then a collection that expects a list of XML > > documents each of which is valid to a particular schema, or a parent XML > > element into which you attempt to insert a child element that > would make the > > XML invalid? > > Because those are *validation* problems as opposed to *type* > problems. In both > cases the database knows how to support the types but they happen to be > invalid in the case of booleans and integers they are not the > correct type to > be handled by the database > > > -- > THINGS TO DO IF I BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD #59 > I will never build a sentient computer smarter than I am. > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Contact administrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
