Has to be extendable.

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From: Paul & Eleanor (goodhill_at_xmission.com)
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Garry Petrie wrote:
> > From: Paul wrote
> > Providing a raw-data section allows the really unusual to stay in its
> > original form. This would give CaveXML an (un-friendly) place
> > for those who want something really crazy in their data stream.
>
> [I] don't [think] people understood my original objection. To endorse XML is to accept it as your
> raw data representation. We are enticed by XML because it is mult-platform and > extendable
> to include all those crazy things. Or said another way, if CaveXML does not include
> everything I would like to record about my survey, I will not use it.

Gary and I are on the same page on this one. The challenge is to make
it
usable enough for many people and uses, otherwise it will die.

-Paul

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