xml-dev - Re: Proposed process for DTDs in XML

[Paul Prescod <papresco@technologist.com>]

Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
> 
> Agreed we need one. This was purely shorthand - I have no strong feelings.
> I think that this should carry the idea of a DTD rather than a schema as
> hopefully that will unite people across the spectrum.

Could you please expand on this point?

I would have thought the opposite: schemata are relevant from documents to
databases to architecture. The word "DTD" is specific to a particular
language (SGML) and carries a set of technical connotations that are not
(IMO) appropriate when you want to look at the larger picture.

 Paul Prescod  - http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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