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Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 15:59 - Technology
In terms of technology, I am making progress currently in the area of XML.
I have a code written in Python which will transform a spreadsheet (tab delimitted) into an XML document. I have incorporated it's use with matplotlib, a code for python which produces many nice plots.
XML provides major advantages over any other data storage languages. First, XML is human readable, and does not change with the versioning. However, the philosophical advantage is that the datafile holds only the content - not information on how to display it. The display and use of the content is kept in separate files.
I personally feel that the problem with excel is that emphasizes the display of data over the data itself. Instead, by using a technology which emphasizes content, I believe it is easier to work with the data.
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