Re: [xml-dev] Some random noise on rational type systems for XML

["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>]

At 06:57 PM 5/6/2003 -0700, Joe English wrote:
>But the _XML_ ur-type is string.  From the application
>point of view, you might have dates, integers, IEEE double
>precision floating point numbers, et cetera, but as far
>as XML is concerned everything is a string.
>
>If we're talking about a rational type system _for XML_,
>then Amelia's first principle is eminently sensible.  In fact,
>I'd go even further and say it's the _only_ sensible foundation
>for an XML type system.

I'd second that happily.