Re: [xml-dev] Pete's blend for XMLlite

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

On 08/12/2010 12:19, Pete Cordell wrote:
> Following Elliotte's lead I've tried to write down some ideas for what 
> I see as a simpler XML.  I've done it as a web page rather than an 
> e-mail because hopefully it will be less transitory than an e-mail, 
> and it seems too long for an e-mail.
>

One thing I'd like to bring in from the JSON world is some basic duck 
typing.

<person age=90 dob=1920-03-04 name="Ronald" retired=true 
children=["Barbara", "Michael"]/>

There's no need for a DTD or schema to do simple type annotation.

Michael Kay
Saxonica