RE: VOTable Questions

From: Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:08:07 +0100 (BST)

> > Because XML isn't a serial structure. A tag at the same hierarchy level as
> > TABLEDATA (inside TABLE) can go either before or after TABLEDATA, doesn't
> > matter which since its its the same level tag, but you can't have two
> > copies.
>
> XML isn't order-specific in its raw form, but the VOTABLE _is_. You can
> require order specificity using the DTD or a schema. The current version
> does this.

Oh dear, really? Thats moderately horrifying.

Al.

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Dr. A. Allan, School of Physics, University of Exeter
Received on 2003-10-23Z18:06:35