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At 01:26 PM 6/11/2002 -0600, Aaron Skonnard wrote:
>I agree with John that a type is a named value-space. I also agree with
>Simon that for type to be useful in XML, its value-space must correspond
>to a well-defined lexical-space. This is exactly what XML Schema
>provides.
It provides it through a very limited set of transformations from lexical
to value which have their own peculiarities, and blesses the value space
almost exclusively.
This is inadequate for those of us who care about lexical flexibility, and
your supposed agreement is effectively strong disagreement.
Simon St.Laurent
"Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coue
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