From: Adam 

Ellen K wrote:

> Yeah, well the interesting part is that programmers don't have a clue about
> data modeling and consider the database a necessary evil because 
"It's
> so hard to use it with objects." 
>
> In our ILOG training, when we got to the part about using XML, they had us
ADD
> AN ATTRIBUTE IN THE XSD THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE BUSINESS OBJECT MODEL, then
> process the XML data using a rule that used that attribute. Like, either the
> business needs that rule or they don't, if they need it, the attribute
belongs
> in the BOM.
>

Depends...

e.g. XML elements have no order unless specified as a sequence & then
if you have 1..n of the same element again you have no order.

It may be necessary to enforce element order. However this is a purely xml
problem & thus can be happily kept at the xml level.


Adam

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