• To: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• Subject: Re: Restrictions on existence of attributes?
• From: David Carver <d_a_carver@y...>
• Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:44:46 -0400
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Michael Kay wrote:
>> The big B2B standards like UBL, OAGIS, HR-XML, Global 
>> Justice etc are going to be using XSD because that is what 
>> their membership is asking.
>>
>> RelaxNG may be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but 
>> until it reaches it's way into main stream, it will be a 
>> niche area.  
>>     
>
>   
Sorry, it was not ment as a taunt and you are correct it could have been 
worded better. It may be a superior specification, but XSD fits the 
80/20 rule that most people need.   Atom is better than RSS but RSS 
feeds still out number Atom feeds.
> That last sentence sounds like a tautology...
>
> But it's like Windows vs Macintosh. Most people want to use what everyone
> else is using, even if they hate it. Unless it's totally useless, which XSD
> (like Windows) isn't. You can't dislodge an entrenched leader just by
> producing a better product.
>
>   
Exactly...pick your favorite or least favorite application suite.  MS 
Office vs OpenOffice,  IE v FireFox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, etc.

Dave

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