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> The absolute size of the spec is not a reliable criterion: tue extra
> bits might be well-meaning nice
> tutorials for example.
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> Instead, something like cyclomatic complexity might be more appropriate:
> go through all the
> normative text and count every branch word like "if", "and" and "or".
> The greater the absolute
> number the more complex the technology; the greater the relative number
> compared to the
> file size the more complex the text. (There are, of course, more
> serious metrics than this,
> but you get the drift.)
What does 'a technology is complex' mean?
For me, a good metric is the relative size of errata. For xml schema datatypes,
the errata is one quarter of the size of the document. And error corrections
don't add clarity (usually), they sacrifice clarity for the sake of unambiguity.
David Tolpin
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