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Simon St.Laurent scripsit:
> "mind-bogglingly annoying" seems like an adequate description of the
> situation, even for those of us who aren't using XML Schema. The
> separation between structure and content description is critical, but
> the "spare parts left over" approach seems like a bad idea generally.
If we were defining a markup language de novo, like LMNL, that would be
a reasonable answer. We aren't. There's a mechanism in place, no matter
how much some people hate it, that *does the job*. It may be awkward,
annoying, or funny-looking. That doesn't make the case for inventing
a new mechanism, still less looking up like a bunch of sheep and expecting
someone else to invent it -- and then grumbling about secret processes and
dictatorial WGs.
(Okay, it's Friday afternoon and there's no heat in my house.)
--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com
"You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China"
--fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know
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