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From: Richard Knapp (gyp_caver_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Jan 20 2001 - 11:19:19 CET 

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>What are the pros and cons of actually defining the interpretation
>of this text? Is it any more or less complex to deal with a series of
><Comment> blocks? In my limited processing of XML, I didn't think it
>was.

><Instruments>
> <Comment>
> The compass was refurbished by the manufacture on 1/1/2000
> </Comment>
> <Compass>
> <Correction units= .../>
> <SerialNumber/>
>
>Is that really any different than:
>
><Instruments>
> The compass was refurbished by the manufacture on 1/1/2000
> <Compass>
> <Correction units= .../>
> <SerialNumber/>

Most definately. Without a tag specifying why the data is there, you must rely on the format of XML
document to specify what data is present. That is document-centric, counter to XML's data-centric
structure. This is introducing position (implied meaning) as a key to the text node as opposed to
identity (explict meaning) being stated.

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