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Re: Schemas Article
- From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>
- To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:30:22 +0200
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
>
> Note: www.eweek.com May 28, 2001 has some
> articles on XML Schema. Mostly hype. It is
> weird to see almost exactly the same diagrams
> for XML Schema + XML as were created for
> DTDs + SGML over ten years ago.
Yes, they are right: this is the point.
Generalizing the usage of any schema language is like reintroducing
mandatory DTDs.
And it's not unlike going back toward SGML...
> Maybe it will work this time now that
> programmers labelled the diagrams instead
> of lawyers and technical writers. :-)
Maybe we need this pain to enjoy the freedom of a new lightweight flavor
of markup language without W3C XML Schema in one or two years time...
Eric
> Len
> http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard
>
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