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Re: W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box

• To: "Henry S. Thompson" <ht@c...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box
• From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>
• Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 09:21:30 -0700
• Cc: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• References: <4.2.0.58.20020607095638.0133d7d0@p...> <f5bofen5ga2.fsf@c...>

Henry S. Thompson" wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> I doubt it -- the reason for SOAP's dependence on XML Schema is that
> XML Schema provides type assertions for all constituents of the
> message payload, and SOAP marshalling and unmarshalling depend (sensibly)
> on this.  RELAX NG is constitutionally incapable of providing reliable
> type assertions.

Like every other statement about SOAP, this is neither absolutely true
nor absolutely false. SOAP can work without inline assertions. This is
the so-called document style. According to the SOAP intelligensia, the
document style is the future of SOAP.

 Paul Prescod

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  • Re: W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box
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