RE: [xml-dev] XML Design Strategy

Joe Chiusano,
    Thats what i exactly meant usage of default values.But this design needs
the usage of attributes extensively  than elements as attributes can only
have default values.

Any comments on that.

TIA.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chiusano Joseph
To: Tippabhotla Ravishanker
Cc: ''
Sent: 11/14/02 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML Design Strategy

RaviShanker,

Not sure what you mean by "rest of the data can be pulled from DTD" - a
DTD contains metadata, not data.  Are you perhaps referring to use of
default values within a DTD?

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

"Tippabhotla, Ravishanker" wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
>     In one of our projects we were using file based data communication
> between various systems.Now this is being changed to xml
design.Typically
> the data is different for few fields and rest of the fields assume
same
> values.Iam thinking of designing the xml  instance with the fileds
that vary
> in their content and rest of the data can be pulled from DTD. Also if
the
> field values change,they can be changed in DTD only.
> 
> can anybody comment or suggest a better approach,if any.
> 
> Regards,
> RaviShanker Tippabhotla
> 
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