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From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>
>
> <Quote>
> A significant number of people don't want or need the complexity that
> W3C XML Schema brings.
> </Quote>
>
> Absolutely true. But I also believe that the specification is broad
> enough to allow people a wide range of usage choices, from very simple
> to highly complex. Some may choose, for example, to "restrict" their
> usage to global elements referenced within content models with no regard
> to any relationship between content models, while others may choose to
> use the more "advanced" features such as abstract elements/datatypes,
> substitutionGroups, extension/restriction, etc. to accomplish what they
> need to accomplish.
>
> So, in summary, I've always believed that the W3C Schema specification
> can be viewed as complex, but it is also flexible enough to offer a wide
> range of usage choices to accomodate many design tastes.
Except that there is a *strong* resistance within the xml community to
subset specifications. As a result, there's an "all or nothing" attitude
that dominates the acceptance of specifications, tools, etc. If someone
were to suggest the creation of a "simplified" subset of XML Schema, do you
know what we would end up with? Another permathread.
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Seairth Jacobs
seairth@seairth.com
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