RE: [xml-dev] Re: XPath Data Model proposal

[Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect-technologies.com>]

At 06:35 PM 6/5/2003 -0700, Dare Obasanjo wrote:

>This seems like a horrible idea. I sincerely hope the the working group 
>does not alter the data model in such a short sighted manner which 
>unnecesarily tightly couples it to W3C XML Schema while adding a heedless 
>burden on implementers.

I agree with Dare here. Mappings from an Infoset should map what is in the 
Infoset without trying to interpret it in creative ways. I believe the 
current mapping is literal rather than creative. I would hate to see that 
change.

Jonathan