xml schema description of XML GnuCash file?

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Oct 13 16:36:31 EDT 2005


Quoting Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>:

> --- Neil Williams <linux at codehelp.co.uk> wrote:
>> Not for the current file backend, it is also slated
>> for replacement. XML
>> is not an ideal choice of long term storage of
>> important data.
>
> The Massachusetts state government might not agree
> with you.

Let me rephrase...  XML is not an ideal choice for a
long-term database storage format.  It's fine for
quazi-static documents.  For for a database is sucks.

> Phil

-derek

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