Depending on what you want to model, DTDs may be all you need. For
others Relax NG, XSD, etc are not enough. I think I give a good enough
reason as to the limitations of DTDs in this paper I wrote last year
http://www.25hoursaday.com/StoringAndQueryingXML.html
Read the section entitled "Structuring XML: DTDs and XML Schemas"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brothers, Michael (IA)
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:00 PM
> To: 'Simon St.Laurent'; Roger L. Costello;
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
>
>
> Seems this argument is going to make the rounds every couple
> of weeks or so. The arguments (and contestants) are too
> predictable anymore. I'm still waiting for the definitive
> answer on why DTD's are not the answer. Seems to me they are
> damn good at modeling information systems. I'm just a lowly
> business major and I can understand them and model with them.
> Ooops, probably just answered my own question. Why use
> something simple when something 5000 times more obtuse will
> do the job? Sheesh!
>
> Take Care,
> mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:]
> Sent: 21 June 2002 14:48
> To: Roger L. Costello;
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
>
>
> >Is WXS a good starting point for information processing? I
> think it's
> >a
> >horrible set of tools to use for anything other than kluging
> information in
>
> >forms that unfortunate people who fall for the "it's so
> >object-oriented" or
>
> >"it's so convenient for relational DB work" lines can do.
>
> >Given my lack of respect for WXS, it doesn't really matter to me
> >whether
> >RNG is a good starting point for that distinctly rotten
> endpoint. It makes
>
> >much more sense for me to be blunt about WXS and hope that
> more people
> >take
>
> >a critical look at WXS than to blindly support tools I consider
> >dangerous
> >to the health of the XML ecosystems in which I work.
>
>
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