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RE: bohemians, gentry

• To: 'Jonathan Robie' <jonathan.robie@d...>, John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Subject: RE: bohemians, gentry
• From: Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>
• Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:37:55 -0800
• Cc: wperry@f..., xml-dev@l...

So let's see if I understand this:

Are XML datatypes core technology? No.

Are XML datatypes useful under certain contexts? Certainly.

Can the support and transport of datatype information impose a burden in
contexts where datatypes are not useful? Of course.

Therefore: 
Datatype support should be modular. 

Datatypes should not creep into core Recs. 

In contexts where datatypes are not useful, there should be a mechanism to
toss away or filter out datatype noise.  (I suppose the same could be said
for namespaces, as well, or any other meta-meta-tag info.)

So why is this class warfare and not merely an argument for good software
design?

Politics?  Mmmm... could be.

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