Ordinary (was Re: [xml-dev] ANN: owl.dtd)

From: "Thomas B. Passin" <>

> There can still be validators - they just do not validate using ordinary schemas.

Yes, and if the source code for these validators were released by the group who
made the language being validated, with a warrant that it was (as far as it went)
an correct realization of their standard, it would fill my criteria for a schema 
(from this standards-adoption QA POV), albeit an oddity (although perhaps
the IETF system works a little this way, with the standard being a description 
of the running code.)

A binary tool or third-party code or unvouched code does not make that grade,
which is not to say these things are not better than nothing!   

(Rereading Tom's other comment about XSLT, I guess I should clarify that I am 
talking about standards for public data interchange. )

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe