[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt

• To: "Brothers, Michael (IA)" <Michael.Brothers@i...>,"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>,"Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 13:09:27 -0700
• Thread-index: AcIZXsVrncDbMWYjR/uEd6ao8M7RzgAAJP1g
• Thread-topic: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt

Depending on what you want to model, DTDs may be all you need. For
others Relax NG, XSD, etc are not enough. I think I give a good enough
reason as to the limitations of DTDs in this paper I wrote last year

http://www.25hoursaday.com/StoringAndQueryingXML.html 

Read the section entitled "Structuring XML: DTDs and XML Schemas"


-- 
PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM 
Any philosophy that can be put into a nutshell belongs there.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brothers, Michael (IA) 
> [mailto:Michael.Brothers@i...] 
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:00 PM
> To: 'Simon St.Laurent'; Roger L. Costello; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE:  XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
> 
> 
> Seems this argument is going to make the rounds every couple 
> of weeks or so. The arguments (and contestants) are too 
> predictable anymore. I'm still waiting for the definitive 
> answer on why DTD's are not the answer. Seems to me they are 
> damn good at modeling information systems. I'm just a lowly 
> business major and I can understand them and model with them. 
> Ooops, probably just answered my own question. Why use 
> something simple when something 5000 times more obtuse will 
> do the job? Sheesh!
> 
> Take Care,
> mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...]
> Sent: 21 June 2002 14:48
> To: Roger L. Costello; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
> 
> 
> >Is WXS a good starting point for information processing?  I 
> think it's 
> >a
> >horrible set of tools to use for anything other than kluging 
> information in
> 
> >forms that unfortunate people who fall for the "it's so 
> >object-oriented" or
> 
> >"it's so convenient for relational DB work" lines can do.
> 
> >Given my lack of respect for WXS, it doesn't really matter to me 
> >whether
> >RNG is a good starting point for that distinctly rotten 
> endpoint.  It makes
> 
> >much more sense for me to be blunt about WXS and hope that 
> more people 
> >take
> 
> >a critical look at WXS than to blindly support tools I consider 
> >dangerous
> >to the health of the XML ecosystems in which I work.
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org 
> <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS 
<http://www.oasis-open.org>

The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/

To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription
manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>

• Prev by Date: RE: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
• Next by Date: stopping XML (was RE: Relax NG Projects)
• Previous by thread: xmlschemata.org (was: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt)
• Next by thread: RE: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread