RE: [xml-dev] ConciseXML syntax

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

W3C XML Schema does a terribly poor job of mapping XML to objects and
instead adds an extra layer of impedence mismatches that now have to be
reconciled (what does derivation by restriction mean to objects or
namespace restricted wildcards or the block attribute?). As for DTDs,
their purpose would be specifying IDness so circular references can be
effectively represented. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@dyomedea.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:46 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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> Hi Dare,
> 
> On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 21:34, Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> > Objects have methods and objects can have circular references.
> > Representing those in plain vanilla XML (i.e. no DTDs or 
> schema) is an 
> > immense challenge without resorting to what some would colorfully 
> > describe as "gross hacks".
> 
> I think I can see how W3C XML Schema and its PSVI are trying 
> to facilitate the mapping between XML documents and graphs of 
> objects, but I really miss to see what DTDs can bring here. 
> Could you elaborate please?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Eric
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