Re: XML Schemas/DTD for HealthCare Industry

[james anderson]

The argument below is spurious. XML with schema supports value domain
specifications. It also supports tag specifications. XML with "enabling
architecture" techniques also allows automated trnslation between tag sets.

Rachel Foerster wrote:
> 
> 
> Lastly on the issue of using XML -- since XML is extensible that means that
> the originator of the XML document gets to choose the tag names. Just
> imagine if you would, a situation where each provider generating a health
> care claim chose not only their on tags but data content along with the data
> attributes. We'd be even worse off then now, with only (!) 450 +/-
> proprietary formats!
>



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