[Pythonmac-SIG] XML...while we are off topic.

[Chris Barker]

I have a question about XML. I'm considering using it for a bunch of
config and data files for an app I'm working on, but I have one
question:

Is there an efficient way in XML to store data that fits very well in
tabel format? i.e. a bunch of record, each of which has the same fields?
(note that a tab delimited text file works great for this!) It seems
that tagging each field in each record is going to consume a HUGE amount
of file space. I havn't looked deeply into XML yet, but all the examples
I've seen tag each element. I there some kind of support for tables?

-Chris



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