If: An XML database is analogous to a "pure data" database Then: An XML document is the analog of a table XML Entities are analogs of columns XML Attributes are analogs of column properties (aren't these "metadata"?)
So: Not sure there is much more metadata in an XML database than in a data database. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Carp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MikeParton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Peter Lovatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: RE: XML > > 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. > > sql,db,mysql > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
