What is a tuplespace? [1]
"... (A) tuplespace is a shared datastore (the space) for simple list data structures (tuples). A very simple model is used to access the tuplespace, usually consisting of the operations write (out), take (in), read (rd) ..."

XML Spaces [2]
"... An XML-space is a tuple-space made up only of XML-tuples--that is, a public repository or buffer that can contain XML-tuples. An XML-space has a name, by which it is referenced, and it is hosted on a server, along with any number of other (and other-named) XML-spaces ..."

A Sample XML Tuple

<pdb_id>1hca</pdb_id>
<mdb_id>1hca_s1</mdb_id>
<metal_site>
    <metal_center>
        <metal>Zn</metal>
        <geometry>Tetrahedral</geometry>
    </metal_center>
</metal_site>
    
http://earl.strain.at/space/Tuple%20Spaces

http://uncled.oit.unc.edu/XML/XMLSpaces.html