RE: [xml-dev] fundamental facets - inquiry from the XML SchemaWorking Group

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

Really, and what spec would define how you perform operations on these types? The XQuery working group has already had a painful time dealing with the fact that when the W3C XML Schema working group created their type system not enough emphasis was placed on defining operations on these types just validation. 
 
The ability to add your own primitive types seems to make sense for validation but puts a significant burden on technologies that depend on W3C XML Schema such as XQuery. 

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From: Eric van der Vlist [mailto:vdv@dyomedea.com]
Sent: Fri 10/10/2003 6:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [xml-dev] fundamental facets - inquiry from the XML SchemaWorking Group




To make it short, can't we take this opportunity to build a datatype
system in which people could add their own primitive types?

Eric
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