No question that's a huge problem; that's the gist of this thread after all.
To my eye the problem with XML is that relational data feels like a hack and people specifying XML default to flattening their data.
My favorite example is a thing called ONIX (for representing bibliographic metadata) which is irredeemably broken, but in world-wide use, none the less.
To my eye the problem with XML is that relational data feels like a hack and people specifying XML default to flattening their data.
My favorite example is a thing called ONIX (for representing bibliographic metadata) which is irredeemably broken, but in world-wide use, none the less.