Re: [xml-dev] XML spec and XSD

[Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@Sun.COM>]

On 2009-11-08, at 5:27 AM, Mukul Gandhi wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au 
> > wrote:
>> Because XSD is complete crap that utterly betrayed the premises and  
>> goals of
>> XML perhaps?
>
> Rick, I do not know why you condemn XSD so much :) I feel, XSD doesn't
> deserve so much condemnation.

I thought Rick was being fair.  XSD is a failure by any sane technical  
measure.  There's no reason not to acknowledge this and hopefully  
learn from it in future standardization efforts.  If we don't learn  
from our failures we're condemned to repeat them.  -Tim