Thursday, May 10 2001

Ronald Bourret : Mapping DTDs tp Databases

Mr. Bourret is the clever guy who wrote the XML-DBMS package. This article, however, appears to be part of a growing trend at the Oreilynet collective to simply repackage existing documentation or presentations and sell them as capital-A articles. Maybe it's always been this way and I've only just caught up with the practice. I'm not even sure I think it's a bad thing since you could make a reasonable argument that it provides and effective vehicle for people to learn about cool stuff. Still, it just seems a bit cheap. Anyway, I love DTDs...

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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is solicitous

| source : web1913 | Solicitous \So*lic"it*ous\, a.[L. sollicitus, solicitus. See {Solicit}, v. t.] Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. ``Solicitous of my reputation.'' --Dryden. ``He was solicitous for his advice.'' --Calerendon. Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. --Jer. Taylor. The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. --Clarendon. -- {So*lic"it*ous*ly}, adv. -- {So*lic"it*ous*ness}, n. | source : wn | solicitous adj 1: full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents"; "solicitous about the future" 2: showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family"

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