RE: [xml-dev] Why XML Schema is so large

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>]

> 
> 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.
> 

I don't think complexity and bugginess are necessarily related. Schema
Part 1 is far more complex than part 2, but far less buggy.

Michael Kay