xml-dev - Re: MSXML and XML-DR

[Lisa Rein <lisarein@finetuning.com>]

hi all,

You know, I admit i've been in a hole writing my book for a few months,
so maybe microsoft has made some kind of retraction I missed, but it was
my understanding that microsoft was going to implement and support the
W3C XML Schema language as soon as it was complete.  They pledged to do
this in December in Philadelphia at whatever XML conference that was,
and my internal sources at MS have been assuring me of this for months.

Providing legacy support for Xml data reduced is a given too --  (by the
way whatever initials they are using for it seems to depend on which
department at MS they are from..."XML-DR" didn't even exist as those
initials until the biztalk propaganda-ish technical papers were released
earlier this year -- in fact the biztalk papers seem to use several
different initals for it -- sometimes within a single document! :-)

Just trying to help before somebody worries or something over this.
If it is all implemented properly, XSLT should allow us to convert
between all of them, right?   If this isn't the case, will someone
please let me know before I tell a bunch of beginners otherwise?

thanks,

lisa

Rick JELLIFFE wrote:
> 
> "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have a rough idea how long it
> > will be until XML-DR support in MSXML is
> > replaced by XML Schema?  DR is actually
> > neat in that it is easier to learn and
> > apply, but it could make it harder for
> > to have designs considered by industry
> > groups.  Will XML-DR be considered a
> > candidate for a Schema-lite proposal?
> 
> I know of no public statements by MS that they
> will not be supporting XML Schemas. I don't
> know their timetable, and I don't know whether
> they will support XML Schemas exclusively, or
> also maintain XML-DR for some time too (e.g.
> for BizTalk legacy.)
> 
> I know of no XML-Schema-lite proposal that is
> being publically mooted. RELAX core is a near
> subset, but full RELAX goes in areas that XML
> Schemas does not.
> 
> Rick Jelliffe
> 
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