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Re: Is XML Doomed ...? (Was: Polemicism)

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• Subject: Re: Is XML Doomed ...? (Was: Polemicism)
• From: "Seairth Jacobs" <seairth@s...>
• Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 09:07:22 -0400
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From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
>
> <Quote>
> A significant number of people don't want or need the complexity that
> W3C XML Schema brings.
> </Quote>
>
> Absolutely true. But I also believe that the specification is broad
> enough to allow people a wide range of usage choices, from very simple
> to highly complex. Some may choose, for example, to "restrict" their
> usage to global elements referenced within content models with no regard
> to any relationship between content models, while others may choose to
> use the more "advanced" features such as abstract elements/datatypes,
> substitutionGroups, extension/restriction, etc. to accomplish what they
> need to accomplish.
>
> So, in summary, I've always believed that the W3C Schema specification
> can be viewed as complex, but it is also flexible enough to offer a wide
> range of usage choices to accomodate many design tastes.

Except that there is a *strong* resistance within the xml community to
subset specifications.  As a result, there's an "all or nothing" attitude
that dominates the acceptance of specifications, tools, etc.  If someone
were to suggest the creation of a "simplified" subset of XML Schema, do you
know what we would end up with?  Another permathread.

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Seairth Jacobs
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