Tom Bradford wrote:
> ... But if our data source can't be encapsulated into a URI
> then concatenation fails.  ...

It is important, to be compatible with the rest of the IETF and W3C
technolies (i.e. the Internet), to require that a data source be described
as a URL.

>
> <data
> source="(description=(address_list=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=bl
> ah.com)(port=1521)))(connect_data=(sid=ORCL))"
> alias="oracle" />
>

 foo:blah.com:1521?sid=ORCL

which could employ a generic

 odbc:... protocol

Jonathan Borden
The Open Healthcare Group
http://www.openhealth.org
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