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Looks like you'd have just reinvented xsi:type.
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From: David Megginson [mailto:david.megginson@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 1/5/2005 4:03 AM
To: XML Developers List
Subject: [xml-dev] Inline data typing
I agree with this point. Most XML projects don't need data typing at
all, because the processing applications already know what they're
dealing with (and they make assumptions that go far beyond simple data
typing); for the projects that do need runtime typing information, it
shouldn't depend on any kind of external schema. I've always liked
the idea of an xml:type attribute, similar to xml:lang:
<entry>
<quantity xml:type="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int";>5</entry>
<date xml:type="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date";>2004-12-31</date>
</entry>
or, if you can tolerate Namespace prefixes in attribute values,
<entry xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#";>
<quantity xml:type="xsd:int">5</entry>
<date xml:type="xsd:date">2004-12-31</date>
</entry>
All the best,
David
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