Re: [Modeling-users] Re: Implementing inheritance through vertical mapping

[Yannick G. <ygi...@yg...>]

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On September 27, 2003 05:37, Mario Ruggier wrote:
> I see the XML just as an exchange format for a model, if you need
> to import, generate or export a model definition _programmatically_.
> IMHO, to develop your XML by hand is silly, as it is ugly, way too
> verbose, and very obscure and un-expressive -- it is very difficult
> (for me ;) to visualize a model from its XML definition. So, the XML
> should only be manipulated by tools -- in which case it does not
> matter whether properties are flattened or not.

As I said some time ago, we use Datadesigner [1] to make our XML model and
than we pass it to a DOM transformation tool to have a Modeling
friendly document.

XML is really easy to morph !

[1] : http://www.danny.cz/datadesigner.en.html

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Yannick Gingras
Coder for OBB : Observingly Blighted B.th.u.
http://OpenBeatBox.org

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