Re: [xml-dev] RELAX NG Marketing (was RE: [xml-dev] Do Names Matter?)

[Joe English]

>Using W3C XML Schemas has a much higher potential for causing
>interoperability problems: if the semantics of a vocabulary
>depends critically on the XSD-augmented Infoset, then XSD
>validation becomes a requirement at runtime, and developers
>are locked in to tools that support XSD.
>
>The great innovation of SGML was requiring documents to define
>their own type.  The great innovation of XML was to remove this
>requirement.   Relying on the XSD PSVI would be a step backward.
>Using RELAX NG is a step forward.

If the were audience participation in this forum the standing ovation
for these two paragraphs would be be ringing round the hall.

Well said Joe.

Sean