XML seems pretty pwnage.

[Vertimus]

You know what I think?

Add C++ style pointers to XML and you can pretty much represent any data structure there is out there, Linked Lists, Binary Search Trees, etc.


Has this been done before?

 

[Leper Messiah]

I guess.

But you're just figuring this out?

 

[Vertimus]

I'm only 16, and I've never actrually did anything with XML before. It'd be really awesome to actrually export data from a program real-time that is universally accepted.

 

[Vertimus]

I think every data storage standard should be contained in XML or 100% exportable and importable to XML. However, without pointers, it's not very practical.

So I'm wondering, has pointers in XML actrually been standardized?

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: Vertimus
I think every data storage standard should be contained in XML or 100% exportable and importable to XML. However, without pointers, it's not very practical.

So I'm wondering, has pointers in XML actrually been standardized?

IDK too much about all the pointers, I know you can do just about anything with XML though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

idrefs in SOAP for tree and graph structures.

XML is still lousy for active database storage though, as opposed to data interchange and transformation.

.. because binary is much more efficient, and tables can use a fixed number of bytes per row making seeks and row updates easier and faster.