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At this point of time, i have seen some emails in xml-dev, and have gone to *one* conference with a focus on XML, web and DBs. I think as of now, I have a decent feel for three people -- James Clark, Makoto Murata, and Tim Berners Lee. I am trying to place them and others in the right perspective. I know a bit about Sperberg-McQueen and Tim Bray, but not enough. To me, w3c's XML-Schema is a short step towards the final goal which is regular tree languages -- xml-schema is not for supporting operations. if we try to tie up xml-schema with operations, it is a mistake. Look at all the works on operations -- XDuce, document transformations in PODP etc, they all use regular tree languages. Xml-Schema just does not seem to fit. I will try to polish my opinions, though i very strongly doubt if they will change. Also, I was not speaking for anyone, i have never contacted James Clark, and the above are purely my own opinions, they do not reflect Makoto's opinions. once again, i will request the schema WG to consider this, if they think it is a worthwhile suggestion. There are people who are looking for someone to verify the correctness of w3c proposals (for example, the CEO of Propel requested researchers to actually take a look at this aspect). I think the correctness of xml-schema will need some time to verify, though i predict the final result is most likely to be xml-schema is wrong. regards - murali. On Wed, 30 May 2001, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > Appeal to authority will not fix the perceived problems of XML Schema. > > XML Schema is approved and out the door. Apply it > and report problems uncovered in application. > > Our bigger problem is being awash in a sea of too many > meta-specs without a clear framework for using them. > > Len > http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard > > Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. > Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David E. Cleary [mailto:davec@p...] > > > less than a billion dollars. I think it will be good if they actually > > listen at least now to what the real founders of XML have to say -- these > > are people who have worked on XML way before anyone has even heard of it, > > and they have worked on almost all problems including document > > transformations and so on. > > So who are the "real founders" of XML you are speaking for? I assume they > don't include Michael Sperberg-McQueen, Dan Connolly, Dave Hollander, Eve > Maler, and Murray Maloney since they were all part of creating the XML > Schema Recommendation. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
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