> I guess if you really need to bundle the metadata and the data then you
> can wrap them in some envelope document - schema followed by data - or
> transmit both separately. But each would still be in normal xml form.
> You would still have to generate the schema from the schemas of the
> originating tables but I guess you have to do that with the existing
> VOTable and doing so from schemas should be easier. )(Though I still
> find the namespacing solution simpler and neater.)
Sorry, but I think you're getting way too convoluted here...
If all I want to do is push some meta data and a small associated dataset down the wire, I should not be forced to generate seperate two documents and a wrapper document, or to transmit them seperately (which could double the network overhead, as for small documents alot of the overhead is opening and closing the connection).
Al.
-- Dr. A. Allan, School of Physics, University of ExeterReceived on 2004-01-19Z22:34:35