JD <jd4x4@ wrote: > singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote: > > >>Total agreement on the data-model will be achieved when If >>And ONLY IF (IFF) only one person has to be pleased by it. > > > There could never be total agreement on only one data model, and that's > exactly why XML could be a solution! > > >>I don't care to record the names of 200 wedding guests, >>others want that information. Some people want to include >>the GPS data on the precise place of burial; I figure the >>name of the cemetery and a place-name is all the precision I >>need 90% of the time (and the other 10%, I put in notes to >>myself). >> > > If the gps coords came from a trusted source and already "attached" > (entered) with the cemetery info, would you discard it or keep it anyway > (assuming you didn't have to look at it unless you wanted)? > Whichever way was easiest. > If you had the choice of not even storing it but discarding it > automatically once you told the software to do so, would that ruin your > day? > No. I _might_ turn out to be wrong, and I _might_ regret the original decision, but regardless of the Boy Scouts "Be Prepared" you cannot guard against every possible potentiality, because eventually you bog down (I mean! how often are you gonna _need_ a defrib and a back-board on a 10 mile hike? Once in 10 years?) Cheryl