Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90CE69FA282 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:19:52 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21375-10 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:19:49 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-130.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4FE9FA22C for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:19:51 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.95] (or-67-76-146-141.sta.embarqhsd.net [67.76.146.141]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kB8KJlgT018777 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:19:48 -0800 Subject: Re: Switching to XML From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: Josh Berkus , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, David Blewett In-Reply-To: <200612082115.53566.peter_e@gmx.net> References: <4579720E.4000707@dawninglight.net> <200612081902.11483.peter_e@gmx.net> <4579B0B3.10507@agliodbs.com> <200612082115.53566.peter_e@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:21:34 -0800 Message-Id: <1165609294.24745.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.5, clamav-milter version 0.88.5 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:19:48 -0800 (PST) X-Archive-Number: 200612/40 X-Sequence-Number: 3963 On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 21:15 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: > > As I said then, this is absolutely untrue. OpenOffice.org, for > > example, works with DocBook XML but not SGML. > > What does "works" mean? You can create, edit, convert, save, and open docbook xml in OpenOfice.org. > > > There are also a > > plethora of XML editing and publishing tools which can been used for > > Docbook XML which are not available for SGML. > > That has nothing to do with processing. You are correct but XML does give us more modern and efficient toolsets for processing. XSLT, FOP + Xerces for example. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate