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Re: ten years later, time to repeat it?

• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:35:49 -0800

Pete Cordell wrote:

> P.S. If we're looking for features, how about an xml:type attribute 
> rather than having to use xsi:type?
> 

That would be a bug, not a feature. I have zero interest in locking in 
any one set of data types or privileging any one schema language.

The lack of types is what makes XML a distinct improvement over some 
competing efforts. It is not an accident or an oversight, but part of 
the core value proposition of XML.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
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