I thought that was the point of using interfaces?  I guess I don't get why you need a standard to be compelled to do something you should be doing anyway -- coding to interfaces, not implementations.  
 
--Casey

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The point with a standard is you
shouldn't have to refactor your application just because you want to
change a component on the backend... you shouldn't have to care
whether you are storing in Oracle or MarkLogic.