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Re: When To Use Schemas (Was RE: infinite depth to namespaces)

• From: Marcus Carr <mrc@a...>
• Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 09:26:32 +1000

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:

> Or read the lastest article from John Simpson
>
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/08/29/nobodyasked.html
>
> and see if you agree with his conclusion that DTDs,
> Schemas, etc (that is, validation) does more damage
> than good to XML.

I think it depends on the data - I'm inclined to steer clear of general
rules. Given the question though (I'm designing my own simple XML
vocabulary, but I don't understand either DTDs or XML Schema. What can I
do?), I don't think that validation necessarily even enters the
equation. A DTD is a very useful aid to designing and maintaining an XML
vocabulary, regardless of whether it is subsequently used for
validation. Perhaps John should have asked himself a slightly different
question...:-)


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