RE: [misterhouse-users] Re: MH XML

[Mark Y. <my...@mi...>]

<nitpick>

Note, of course, that:

<logentry class=3D"mail" priority=3D"notice" seq=3D72 =
time=3D"20010530123112Z">
A new mail message has been received for <ch...@po...> </logentry>

...isn't valid XML.  The < and > in "<ch...@po...>" need to be escaped
as &lt; and &gt;.

</nitpick>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Koch [mailto:ch...@po...]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:11 AM
> To: mis...@li...
> Subject: [misterhouse-users] Re: MH XML
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> > Looks pretty good!  The only question I have is which=20
> convention makes most
> > sense:
> >=20
> > 	<category name=3D"Lights">
> > 	<category>Lights</category>
> >=20
> > Whatever we decide, the same should be used for the object=20
> file keyword.
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> The first one is easier to deal with in *parsed* XML (using=20
> DOM or SAX),
> because the interesting data (the name) is in a property of the
> category node, not in a text node hanging "underneath" it.
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> It's generally a good idea to separate properties from "raw" data this
> way.  An example:
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> <logentry class=3D"mail" priority=3D"notice" seq=3D72=20
> time=3D"20010530123112Z">
> A new mail message has been received for <ch...@po...>
> </logentry>
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> Harald Koch     <ch...@po...>
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