Re: [xml-dev] Lessons learned from the XML experiment

["Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>]

On 11/8/13 1:15 PM, Timothy W. Cook wrote:
> It depends upon the use case.  Some 'data' has a requirement for
> specific constraints to be explicit.
No.  'Data' never requires constraints.  It just is.  The constraints 
reflect our preference for simpler situations that are easier for us to 
record and especially to process.  The world, even people, is always 
more flexible than we can accept.

We forget that, and run off and create giant piles of constraints, and 
pretend that they are capabilities rather than signs of our (and our 
tools') deep brokenness.

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