> I haven't worked with an API that uses XML in a long time, but does it express the difference between "0123" and 123 well? I think that it either doesn't, or

> I haven't worked with an API that uses XML in a long time, but does it express the difference between "0123" and 123 well? I think that it either doesn't, or you add some really awkward schema language with XML namespaces ... Is as easy as declaring <!ATTLIST data field NUMBER #IMPLIED> vs <!ATTLIST data field CDATA #IMPLIED> with DTDs.