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Xml And Semantic Transparency / quote 2 of 3

Xml doesn't allow blind interoperability

[..] we must reckon with the cold fact that XML does not of itself enable blind interchange or information reuse. XML may help humans predict what information might lie "between the tags" in the case of , but XML can only help. For an XML processor, and and are all equally (and totally) meaningless. Yes, meaningless.

Saved 26 February 2013 / xml.coverpages.org ↗

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