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> So let's see if I understand this:
>
> Are XML datatypes core technology? No.
>
> Are XML datatypes useful under certain contexts? Certainly.
>
> Can the support and transport of datatype information impose a burden in
> contexts where datatypes are not useful? Of course.
>
> Therefore:
> Datatype support should be modular.
>
> Datatypes should not creep into core Recs.
>
> In contexts where datatypes are not useful, there should be a mechanism to
> toss away or filter out datatype noise. (I suppose the same could be said
> for namespaces, as well, or any other meta-meta-tag info.)
>
> So why is this class warfare and not merely an argument for good software
> design?
>
> Politics? Mmmm... could be.
It's called "trope".
Sheesh! I hate it when the gallery decides they're going to stop coming to
plays with a full belly of ale. I like to think Shakespeare would have chased
off such teetotallers from the theater with the live bears from the baiting
ring.
--
Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com
Tour of 4Suite - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/16/py-xml.html
Proper XML Output in Python - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/11/13/py-xml.html
RSS for Python - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-p
yth11.html
Debug XSLT on the fly - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-deb
ugxs.html
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