Ken Steel wrote:
>
> Laurent Szyster wrote:
>
> > XML is a markup meta-language, that is a language to define
> > document structure. If we these documents are input or output
> > for an application, then the XML DTD are the interface definition.
>
> I don't agree. XML is a markup language. The DTD might be regarded
> as a meta-language which defines the XML "language".
Languages defined _using_ XML are markup languages. EDIFACT too is
a meta-language, but EDIFACT interchanges are sequential text files.
Do you understand the difference?
> > Actually, XML - as a meta-language - provides a lot more feature
> > than EDIFACT or X12.
>
> As neither X12 or EDIFACT are markup languages and XML is, such a
> comparison is meaningless.
I said "as a meta-language". Read more carefully.
> I could say an apple provides more features than a motor car. The
> immediate question is "for what?".
For interchange of text data, that is 99% of what business
application consume as input and produce as output. If you want
to know more ... read the XML Recommendation at
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml
I've got other things to do than explain XML to you ;-)
Laurent Szyster
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