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Re: Question about design

From: Joe Kesselman <keshlam-nospam@-------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 11/1/2006 2:08:00 PM

razael1@g... wrote:
> Are putting the different types of objects in their own groups
> redundant, or does it make things clearer/more organized?

As with any other programming data-structure design issue, this is as 
much a matter of style as anything else. If you were designing these as 
structures/objects in your favorite programming language, which 
organization would you prefer? The answer probably depends on which 
operations you're going to be doing most often. Approach the XML design 
the same way.

Generally, there's no harm in having an extra level of hierarchy in your 
data structures.

However, I would suggest using attributes for values which describe a 
datum rather than being contained within it. Specifically, I would prefer
	<building name="...">
rather than making name an element, unless the name is itself a 
structured datum.

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