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   Re: [xml-dev] W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box

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At 09:39 AM 6/7/2002 -0400, Mike Champion quoted:
>"The reality is, XML Schema is the foundation for the rest of XML," said 
>Box. Technologies such as XML Query take XML Schema "for granted, as a 
>given," he said.
>
>SOAP messages need to function with XML Schema, he said. "XML Schema is an 
>inevitability. Resistance is futile. There is no point in not embracing 
>this thing and I strongly encourage those of you who work in Web services 
>technologies
>[to] make sure your story is straight" with respect to XML Schema, Box said.
>
>http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/06/020606hnbox.xml?s=rss&t=n 
>ews&slot=3

Kimbro Staken has a nice response to this:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0100213/2002/06/06.html#a392

I wonder if Don's actually tried RELAX NG.  I'd be curious if "one hit and 
you're hooked" would get him too.  (That mantra speaks to the quality of 
the product much better than "everybody's doing it", which is what I tend 
to hear from W3C XML Schema supporters.)

Simon St.Laurent
"Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coue





 

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