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Yes, it's a stupid question, and a stupid answer.
Sounds like it came from an XML accreditation test: such things are nearly
always stupid.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Razvan MIHAIU [mailto:mihaiu@mihaiu.name]
> Sent: 27 February 2005 20:00
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] Quiz: XML flexibility
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>
> In an XML quiz I found the following question:
>
> >>>
>
> A company wants to develop an EDI system, which will help it
> to integrate with
> its various trading partners (suppliers and clients). Their
> previous attempt
> failed, as it required a unique implementation for each pair
> of trading
> partners. Now they want to explore the capabilities of XML to
> make this system
> efficient.
>
> The company wants to keep the structure of XML documents
> flexible and open to
> future changes. Which of the following is most likely implied by this
> requirement ?
>
> A. XML Schema;
> B. mixed content model;
> C. XSL stylesheets;
> D. validating parser;
>
> >>>
>
> Correct answer: B
> My choice: A
>
>
> Isn't this a dumb question ? I mean if you choose A you
> can certainly use mixed
> content model with XML Schema, so answer A and B are not exclusive.
>
> What I am really trying to understand is "what is
> flexibility" ? In any XML
> document you can add elements and attributes at will if you update the
> associated schema. Old applications would just ignore the new
> elements and
> attributes, so "flexibility" is build-in into XML. So, what
> are you doing when
> you want to design a flexible XML document ?
>
> Can somebody give me an example of an XML document that
> is *not* flexible as
> opposed to one that it is ?
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Razvan
>
>
> www.mihaiu.name
>
>
>
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