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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:40 AM
> To: michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com
> Cc: 'Atchley John'; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Who can implement W3C XML Schema ?
>
>
> Michael Kay scripsit:
>
> > Yes. I think Schema has definitely fallen into the trap of
> being too
> > formal.
>
> Formal != obscure. The RELAX NG specification is quite
> formal, but not at all obscure; indeed, one can for the most
> part skip the formal parts and still make sense of it.
>
Agreed. It doesn't get much formal than relational algebra yet we have
highschoolers and college freshmen writing relational database apps with
little problems. I don't think I'll ever be able to say the same for XML
Schema.
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