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   RE: [xml-dev] When do tags stop being a good idea?

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  • To: "Bob Hutchison" <hutch@xampl.com>
  • Subject: RE: [xml-dev] When do tags stop being a good idea?
  • From: "Manos Batsis" <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:58:30 +0300
  • Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
  • Thread-index: AcISF86VHqf0CzJ0TjS9XJC970H5eAAALCtQ
  • Thread-topic: [xml-dev] When do tags stop being a good idea?



> From: Bob Hutchison [mailto:hutch@xampl.com] 

> It seems very unclear to me what problem is being solved by 
> adding types to
> something like XSD. 

Using (maybe unpredictable) XML data with everything that involves
typing. Programming languages, database systems etc.


> When *do* tags stop being a good idea?

When they don't fit your requirements.


Cheers,

Manos





 

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