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Re: Defining non-WXS datatypes

• To: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Subject: Re: Defining non-WXS datatypes
• From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@j...>
• Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:10:19 +0100
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• Reply-to: Jeni Tennison <jeni@j...>

Hi Dare,

> The second thing I thought (after looking at the proposal) is that
> you seem to be attempting to replicate many of the bad ideas from
> W3C XML Schema. This is unfortunate. I like the fact that you have
> thought about what it means to specify casting rules but I am wary
> about the ability to create type hierarchies.

I'm interested in which of the features you think are bad ideas? What
is it about type hierarchies that you're wary of?

Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
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