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Peter,
you could call that type attribute xsi:type so that the content
gets validated... and retain your element names?
Christian
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:37:37 +0000, Christian Nentwich
> <christian@systemwire.com> wrote:
>> Roger,
>>
>> let's see:
>> - The first approach does not scale - it will get too complex when
>> you then want to reuse your invoice to build a yet larger model. Too
>> much indirection to resolve.
>> - The second approach does not impress me at all. It is weakly
>> typed, not schema validatable, and the tags are not
>> self-descriptive. Heaven help the support guy who has to pull that
>> document.
> I think my other replies make it clear that you'd want at least a type
> attribute. Note, however, if you're building a large complex system
> the issue isn't documents, it's data transport between layers. Eg,
> for the support person dealing with building a metadata driven GUI the
> second instance is a whole lot easier to deal with than having to code
> for 1000's of individual element names...
> <snip/>
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