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alternative to CSV

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Top->Programming->XML
 - Older in XML: complexity vs simplicity
 - Newer in XML: topic maps

Since it's best to use XML for everything, here's an alternate model for CSV files:

<pre>
<csvFile>
value1<comma/>value2<comma/>value3<comma/>value4<newLine/>
value5<comma/>value6<comma/>value7<comma/>value8<newLine/>
value9<comma/>value10<comma/>value11<comma/>value12<newLine/>
</csvFile>
</pre>

And to kick matters up a notch:

Velocity XSL "alternative" DVSL



Dated: 12/07/2004