Re: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re: [xml-dev] Streaming XML)

On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 23:44 -0500,  wrote:

> 1) Are type systems needed really? Seems there quite a few people which
>    think the answer is no, and I would say *sometimes*.

In XML?  Why?  Why must the interpretation of strings be constrained at
the level of the formalism itself?