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Dare Obasanjo scripsit:
> I should point out that I simplified the cases in my geralizations. Many
> sophisticated users of validation do want more than regexes and strings
> when ensuring that a document satisfies its contract. They want to
> ensure values fall within certain ranges and ensure that various
> interdependencies are enforced.
I agree that regexes are not enough, but supplemented with ranges and precision
for suitable types, they do almost the whole job. Integrity checks are important,
but I haven't seen anything yet that is really satisfying in this respect except
full Schematron processing.
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