On 7/20/07, Julian Reschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alexandru Popescu ☀ wrote:
> ...
> Many arguments in this thread are based on the XML representation. And
> I don't think this is quite correct: the fact that hierarchical data
> can be expressed with XML is one thing (and the fact that the JCR spec
> offers this feature), but thinking that hierarchical storage is
> equivalent to XML storage is imo a mistake. JCR supports hierarchical
> storage, but is not an XML based storage.
> ...
I'd agree if XML would be the *only* example. But there are others, such
as WebDAV properties and RDF, right?
Hmmm... not sure I am getting it. Hierarchical storage may look like
XML/WebDAV/RDF but it is not (and I mean by this that there is no
equivalent relationship between them). The fact that XML storage
doesn't handle nulls or can handle it in a specific way is not really
equivalent to saying that hierarchical storages must support it the
same way. As a matter of fact hierarchical storages were used 30 years
ago, when none of the XML/WebDAV/RDF existed.
bests,
./alex
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.w( the_mindstorm )p.
Best regards, Julian
