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Re: some days I'm wrong

• To: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@l...>
• Subject: Re: some days I'm wrong
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:43:44 -0400
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DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) scripsit:

> However, if I had to teach a
> class in RELAX NG to people who already knew XML and DTDs, I would use RNG,
> because I wouldn't have the double problem have teaching them concepts and
> syntax. 

When RNC was just James Clark's private syntax, I waved it under the nose of
various DTD weenies on this list, and they all said things like "Well, that's
all right, I guess".  DTDWs are used to the idea that schemata don't use
instance syntax, and the common factors like */?/+ probably have a lot to do
with it.

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