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On 4/8/13 11:11 AM, Fraser Goffin forwarded: > Simon is being argumentative and provocative in order to elicit > responses, and, whilst there's a grain of truth in what he says, it's > far from the whole story. :-) Liam, you know me. If I wanted to be provocative, I'd be saying something like "If this [RDF-tastic pile] is an improvement to XML, then I am a dandelion." While yes, these claims are provocative, and I don't claim to be all-knowing, I am very definitely claiming that schema-centric design is harmful because the costs vastly outweigh the benefits, not merely to stir entertaining conversation. I do have other things to do. I am not entirely surprised that people who've spent their working lives with schemas and similar tools have a hard time seeing the costs. It's not a matter of delusion or of evil - it's a matter of what we have trained ourselves to see. That training is extremely difficult to set aside. At least I'm getting a gentler reaction than Walter Perry used to get, though it may just be that I'm offering a milder line. (For those who have forgotten Walter's talks or arrived after he had moved on, http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/05/29/perry.html is a good place to start. For those who want deeper background on what is driving me to write these things now, see <http://www.amazon.com/dp/0199898073/> or <http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195032233/>.) Thanks, -- Simon St.Laurent http://simonstl.com/
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