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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] A Call for Dialogue on XML Schema Part 1 and 2
 Fellow Colleagues, XML Schema spec has been in Candidate Recommendation status since October. Since inner workings of the XML Schema WG is closely guarded, we can only assume that both parts of the spec will soon become Proposed Recommendation, and then finalized not long after. Question I must put to you is: are we happy with it? I ask because, despite imminent release of the XML Schema spec, negative comments regarding the spec have not ceased and new schema language proposals are proposed even now by well respected members of the XML developer community. While W3C holds the right to make any recommendations, it is heavily affected by its own momentum and the economic intents of its corporate members, resulting in limited ability to admit mistakes or control the direction of its activities once the spec is in site of the finishing line. So, I believe it is our duty, as consumers of these specs, to apply external pressure (excuse, if you will) to W3C, if we are indeed unhappy with the spec. I realize that this is a difficult thing to do since we have been waiting for XML Schema spec for such a long time. However, I would rather do it right than just meekly dragged along just because I am tired of waiting or because I am too busy to care. Are we happy with XML Schema spec as it is? If not, can we salvage parts of it (i.e. part 2)? I hate to see excellent proposals like RELAX, TREX, and Schematron ignored for business reasons. Best, Don Park Docuverse 
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