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Subject:    Re: [xml-dev] Four fine text-based data formats ... liberate yourself from one (silo) data format
From:       Uche Ogbuji <uche () ogbuji ! net>
Date:       2013-03-25 16:02:27
Message-ID: CAPJCua1GELendsixViGHATQSpPxLbdnhijBiBjFe12X6xXg4aQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>wrote:

> The cases I've had with the most pushback were geodata, which is
> probably a worst-case scenario.  It combines a lot of tiny pieces that
> get a lot of markup (way beyond <lat> and <long>) with huge pieces of
> binary data that have the same kinds of issues as geodata.
>

Oi!  That definitely touches a nerve!  Geodata XML formats are
abominations.  I had to do a lot of work with KML last year and what the
hell was anyone thinking coding that in XML?!


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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The cases \
I&#39;ve had with the most pushback were geodata, which is<br> probably a worst-case \
scenario.  It combines a lot of tiny pieces that<br> get a lot of markup (way beyond \
&lt;lat&gt; and &lt;long&gt;) with huge pieces of<br> binary data that have the same \
kinds of issues as geodata.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Oi!  That \
definitely touches a nerve!  Geodata XML formats are abominations.  I had to do a lot \
of work with KML last year and what the hell was anyone thinking coding that in \
XML?!</div> <div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Uche Ogbuji                    \
<a href="http://uche.ogbuji.net" \
target="_blank">http://uche.ogbuji.net</a><br>Founding Partner, Zepheira        <a \
href="http://zepheira.com" target="_blank">http://zepheira.com</a><br> <a \
href="http://wearekin.org" target="_blank">http://wearekin.org</a><br><a \
href="http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/" \
target="_blank">http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/</a><br><a \
href="http://copia.ogbuji.net" target="_blank">http://copia.ogbuji.net</a><br> <a \
href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji" \
target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji</a><br><a \
href="http://twitter.com/uogbuji" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/uogbuji</a><br> \
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