Re: [xml-dev] Is an XML vocabulary a Domain Specific Language (DSL)?

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

I had always taken the term DSL to refer to a processing or programming 
language rather than purely a data representation language, but it seems 
from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language

that the term is being used more widely, and certainly the definition in 
that article is so woolly that any XML vocabulary can be regarded as a 
DSL if you find it useful to do so.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

On 12/09/2012 11:59, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> If I create an XML vocabulary, then have I created a DSL?
>
> Yesterday I heard someone say, "A configuration file is a DSL."
>
> So if I create an XML-formatted configuration file, then I have created a DSL. Right?
>
> Are there some XML vocabularies that would be considered DSL's and other XML vocabularies that would not be considered DSL's?
>
> Is RSS a DSL?
>
> Is UBL a DSL?
>
> Is XSD a DSL?
>
> /Roger
>
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