> Or are you saying a document format should just be some DDL statements? What? How is that interoperable?
Yes. How is it interoperable, because it's quite easy to make DDL for SQLite that also works for many other DBMSes, given that SQLite is kinda the lowest common denominator of those.
Maybe not as interoperable as ODF since it's easier to implement an ODF parser/writer than a SQLite clone, but probably more interoperable than some kind of advanced ODF designed for efficient updates. Just because you define a standard doesn't mean there are good portable implementations out there.
Yes. How is it interoperable, because it's quite easy to make DDL for SQLite that also works for many other DBMSes, given that SQLite is kinda the lowest common denominator of those.
Maybe not as interoperable as ODF since it's easier to implement an ODF parser/writer than a SQLite clone, but probably more interoperable than some kind of advanced ODF designed for efficient updates. Just because you define a standard doesn't mean there are good portable implementations out there.