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Russian doll schemas stink? (was: Re: [xml-dev] XML "Smells"?)

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To: Christian Nentwich <christian@systemwire.com>
Subject: Russian doll schemas stink? (was: Re: [xml-dev] XML "Smells"?)
From: Jeff Rafter <lists@jeffrafter.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 13:20:31 -0700
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 > Russian doll schemas...
> A veritable dung heap. I am overpowered already :-)

Hang on a second... what about Russian doll schemas makes them an 
xml-smell? I mean, I can understand situations where openness and shared 
structure are goldmines for interoperability, but I can just as quickly 
think of 10-20 reasons why you would want to localize definitions.

Thanks,
Jeff Rafter

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