On Wed, 20 May 1998 00:24:35 -0000, Adrian Midgley wrote:
>Beg leave to differ on the format.
>I submit that a marked up format is preferable to the csv, since it
>carries the information necessary to give meaning to the data along
>with the data.
>But it should be a format which can be used directly as a record.
>In the same way as HTML it should be possible to produce forward
>compatibility, where tags that are not understood are presented and not
>altered.
Agree but I would suggest that that format be XML rather than HTML.
< http://www.ucc.ie/xml/faq.html>
Prit: one of the first tasks of the user group would be to convert you
;-) :-)
Be warned!
Ahmad
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