Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Re: submissions

[Rob Scott]

.If thats all youre going to use the xml for, then
theres no point.   You are going to need a database
for searching purposes anyway, and this data is much
better kept in separate fields in the db.   AND it
would be far easier AND fater for the perl (i assume)
to enter this information into the db than it would be
to save it to a file.   What do you think a database
is FOR?????   They didnt write MySQL because it meant
they could write a program with a cool sounding name!


--- David Tanzer <address@hidden> wrote: > Re: the
recent objection to an XML format for
> submissions,
> because everyone and their grandmother should be
> able to make submissions
> 
> The web interface program can have "user friendly"
> forms,
> that automatically construct the XML submission
> file.
> 
> For the email submissions, the XML could be send in
> directly.
> If we keep the structure simple, the XML format
> should
> be patently obvious even to non-technical users,
> e.g.,
> 
> <author>Bill Green</author>
> <title>An Overview of Flowering Plants</title>
> 
> etc.
> 
> 
> 
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