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<SNIP>

> I don't see how it would make it any easier than using flat text
> files, unless you're planning on providing a DTD and using generic XML
> gui editors. Putting data in XML doesn't automatically imbue it with
> anything, except the ability to use generic XML tools on it. Of
> course, given line-seperated records with a unique field separator,
> you can use generic tools on those just as well.

I was thinking of XML as there would be a huge war in choosing the 'unique
field separator' :)

XML is somewhat a standard nowdays - even though it is somewhat stupid.


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