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

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> > 
> > 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.

What I am trying to talk about is 'unorthogonality'. Bugginess is a consequence
of unorthogonality.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch04s02.html

David Tolpin




 

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