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Re: Escher could have drawn it (Re: XML Schema and Entities)
- From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 18:21:46 -0700
[Missed Eric's original post, sorry.]
At 08:38 21-06-2001, David Brownell wrote (quoting, I think, Eric van der
Vlist):
> > First came XPath.
> > Then XPointer thought it wise to use XPath.
> > Then XInclude decided to rely on (a slightly extended version of) XPath.
> > Then W3C XML Schema came out with its datatypes.
> > Then XPath saw all the benefit of relying on W3C XML Schema datatypes.
An important note: XInclude uses XPointer, which is defined in terms of
XPath *1.0*, which is a stable Recommendation. XPath *2.0* may rely on
Schema datatypes; this will have no effect whatsoever on XInclude.
-Chris
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