• To: "'Atchley, John'" <John.Atchley@f...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Who can implement W3C XML Schema ?
• From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:34:45 -0000
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> Even a precise specification remains essentially worthless if
> developers of
> average intelligence and experience frequently fail to derive
> its intended
> meaning.

Yes. I think Schema has definitely fallen into the trap of being too formal.
The XML and XSLT specifications are woefully informal (and therefore
ambiguous) in places, but the implementations have a very high level of
interoperability.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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