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RE: [xml-dev] Who can implement W3C XML Schema ?

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To: "'Atchley, John'" <John.Atchley@flightsafety.com>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Who can implement W3C XML Schema ?
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:34:45 -0000
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> Even a precise specification remains essentially worthless if
> developers of
> average intelligence and experience frequently fail to derive
> its intended
> meaning.

Yes. I think Schema has definitely fallen into the trap of being too formal.
The XML and XSLT specifications are woefully informal (and therefore
ambiguous) in places, but the implementations have a very high level of
interoperability.

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com

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