On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 20:09, Eve L. Maler wrote:
> Not having been on the call this week (sorry), I have what is, no doubt,
> a dumb question. Does "polymorphism" here mean the ability of an
> element to be bound to two *unrelated* types at one time (something XSD
> doesn't really allow), or the notion that Arofan/Eduardo introduced at
> XML 2002, Actually we didn't introduce it - we were trying to explain it; the first to use it in this context (ptp) was Matthew way before XML2002.
> which is more like "Elements can be understood in terms of
> their explicitly bound type and also as any ancestor thereof"? The
> latter will not be understood by most people as polymorphism, I believe.
> It's just inheritance. >
> Eve >
> Matthew Gertner wrote: >
> All, > > >
> I haven't been particularly successful in my search for an accessible >
> description of polymorphism in XML. This may be partly because my >
> googling (tm) led me quickly to this link: > > >
> http://xml.coverpages.org/arch-inherit.html > > > > ...which I spent the next hour reading. Yes, there truly are people on >
> this planet who write even longer and more turgid mails than I do! I >
> wouldn't recommend that anyone go within 10 miles of this link, unless >
> they have an intense interest in the philosophical history of XML >
> inheritance circa 1998. The thread does end with an interesting post by >
> our very own TC Chair which might be the first official announcement >
> ever of the existence of a W3C XML Schema effort. > > >
> I also rediscovered the existence of a paper by Matt Fuchs entitled > > "Role of an Extensible, Polymorphic Schema Language for Electronic >
> Commerce Communities", which could be useful. I am somewhat familiar >
> with the paper since he presented it right before my talk at XML 2000, >
> and I remember being annoyed that the room immediately emptied > > (presumably because everyone was too intimated to sit through a talk >
> with the word "polymorphic" in the title). Unfortunately I couldn't find >
> the full text of this paper anywhere. Does anyone know someone at the >
> GCA who could give it to us with permission for reuse and/or who knows >
> where Dr. Matt is and how he can be contacted? > > >
> Otherwise I'll just have to write something myself. > > >
> Cheers, >
> Matt > > > > > >
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