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Subject: Re: If you were starting a project with  XML datasource using python
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:56:23 -0500
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 03:54:06 -0800 (PST), flebber <flebber.crue@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>If you were starting a project, it relied on XML as its datasource what would you use and why? And have you used it or just speculating?
>
	If I were starting a project, I'd argue furiously that XML is NOT
something that should be used for dynamic data storage (the original GRAMPS
not withstanding -- I see it now uses BSDdb). It may be a useful
representation for transferring/transforming data, but not for
persistance/updates.

	If used for data transfer, the schema should be well thought out to
facilitate updates to the long-term storage format.
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