Tim Bray <> wrote:
| Amelia A Lewis wrote:
|
|> In XML, typing specifies validation algorithms.
|
| Hmm... well it also allows software to unpack XML instances into native
| storage in a sensible way without being savvy to the internals of the
| applications that generated or will use the data.
|
| My question is, is there a need for this?
No. The sensible policy is to leave savviness to application internals.
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