On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Josh Berkus wrote: > Um, I/O and Page layout are not theory. They are implementation issues. yes or no, depending on your point of view.
> Theory would answer things like "What are the mathematical operations I can > use to define compliance or non-compliance with the DTD for a heirarchy and > for data elements?" <snip> Yes, that's also tought of. Most of it was done by a collegue at university, who came up with the idea, but didn't do any implementation. > > only an implementation is a real proof. > > Implementation is proof of a theory. But you've got to have the theory first > or you don't know what you're proving. agreed. > Anyway, I don't think you an borrow code from any existing relational > database,since an XML database would be radically different structurally. I'm getting this impression, too. -- Gregor Zeitlinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
