XML is the web distributed object model or
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XML is ASCII format for database export or
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XML is universal object serialization technology
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If not XML, would need to design lots of database schema, "CORBA/Java Interface Definitions ..."
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XML is just a generalized HTML (or a simplified SGML)
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<faultsegment id="park101" date="Jan 1 2000" author="" source= .. Lat1="" lat2="" long1="" long2="" depth="" ..>Part of the Parkfield System</faultsegment> <stress type ="prediction" fault="park101" source="Multipole Simulation">(2.3,7.7,-7.2)</stress>
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There are/will be wonderful tools to produce access edit and display XML
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Need to design GEM specific tags
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