RE: Fwd: [xml-dev] Not using mixed content? Then don't use XML

["Toby Considine" <Toby.Considine@gmail.com>]

I have in the past been as annoyed by the straight-jacket of WS-I as anyone;
you [simon] had stated the strongest defense and rational for using it  that
I had ever seen in the post that sent me fumbling for its name.

tc

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@simonstl.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:21 PM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: [xml-dev] Not using mixed content? Then don't use XML

On 4/9/13 5:16 PM, Toby Considine wrote:
> Sorry
>
> WS-Interoperability.
>
> Originally an industry consortium, no an OASIS specification

That was what I was afraid of.  WS-*, aka the Death Star, was pretty much
the ultimate purveyor of the worst practices that schemas encourage.

I would prefer to take guidance from other quarters.

Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/

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