• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:49:54 -0400

On 4/6/13 9:44 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 21:24 -0400, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>
>> My point, at least, is that schema-first or schema-centric design, any
>> situation in which the schema is considered more than a snapshot of
>> current conversational practice, is actively harmful.
>
> Absolutes are always bad, including the one in this sentence...

They are impolite.

Bad?  Only if the speaker insists on always being right.  I don't.

Thanks,
-- 
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/

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