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>