xml-dev - Re: XSchema: multiple proposals

[Peter Murray-Rust <peter@ursus.demon.co.uk>]

At 14:31 03/06/98 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
[...]
> 
>> John> Now that is an excellent idea!  However, it would be necessary
>> John> to permit arbitrary XML markup within the doco, so a content
>> John> model of ANY is probably the right thing here.
>> 
>> I'd like to agree at least some conventions here, but I think we
>> should defer the details until later.  For the moment, I think we
>> should concentrate on *where* we can put documentation.
>
>Agreed.  I'll think about it.
> 
>> With IDREF, we could keep the documentation separated from the schema, but
>> I'm a follower of the theory which says that the closer the documentation
>> is to the code, the more likely they are to correspond.
>
>I think that's best also.

This is critical, I think, for ease of authoring, readability, maintenance
and building programs. If we achieve nothing else, the formal linking of
documentation to XSchema/DTD components will be invaluable.

	P.

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