[Zope3-dev] RFC: ZConfig and other formats for ZCML

Jean-Marc Orliaguet jmo at ita.chalmers.se
Fri Jan 20 13:55:25 EST 2006


Jim Fulton wrote:

>
> See:
>
>   http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/ZConfigAndOtherFormatsForZCML
>
> Comments and volunteers welcome.
>
> Jim



What is the fundamental difference between ZConfig and ZCML apart from 
the esthetic appearance that everyone seems to be so concerned with? I 
see that all the attributes in the ZCML format are presented as elements 
in the ZConfig format.

what does this imply *semantically* to put the information in attributes 
as opposed to put it in elements?
maybe a better balance is needed between full-fledge attribute-based 
design (ZCML) and full-fledge element-based design (ZConfig).

there is an article about the element vs attribute distinction that 
might be worth reading.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-eleatt.html

/JM
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