Re: The limits of XML mean the limits of my data world

From another perspective, XML seems appropriate for representing
2-dimensional data, but not 3 or higher-dimensional data, and according to
some our physical reality is 11-dimensional.

Not being able to properly represent overlaps means that XML maynot be good
at representing concurrency (overlap just on one-dimension -- time).

Thanks,
Dimitre

On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 9:01 AM Dimitre Novatchev <[email protected]>
wrote:

> > Would you provide an example of something that cannot be expressed in
> XML but can be expressed in some other data language, please?
>
> The whole notion of a "well-formed XML document" implies that this needs
> to be present as a whole in memory (RAM or other type).
>
> Therefore, continuously running data that may have no start and/or end
> doesn't seem to fit this definition, as at any moment of time we don't have
> "the whole data", thus we are not able to say whether or not this is a
> well-formed document.
>
> I think there are mechanisms in at least some programming languages of
> monitoring data streams, recognizing data patterns and their repetitions,
> recognizing "events" in the running data and perceiving it as a stream of
> events.
>
> Can anyone suggest how to represent this in XML?
>
> Thanks,
> Dimitre
>
> On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 6:56 AM Roger L Costello <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote:
>>
>> "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
>>
>> XML is a language.
>>
>> What are the limits of XML?
>>
>> Would you provide an example of something that cannot be expressed in XML
>> but can be expressed in some other data language, please?
>>
>> /Roger
>>
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-- 
Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
---------------------------------------
Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
---------------------------------------
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk
-------------------------------------
Never fight an inanimate object
-------------------------------------
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the
biggest mistake of all
------------------------------------
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
-------------------------------------
You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what
you're doing is work or play
-------------------------------------
To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.
-------------------------------------
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
-------------------------------------
Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write
all patents, too? :)
-------------------------------------
Sanity is madness put to good use.
-------------------------------------
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.