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"Henry S. Thompson" wrote: > > Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...> writes: > > <snip/> > > > b) The system is kept open and I have alternative choices to do so. > > > > In other words, I find it very difficult to admit that a specification > > can restrict the scope of possibilities opened by XML. > > For sure -- the way I put this is that wellformedness and validity > are the XML 1.0 concepts, and _nothing_ which comes after can change > them. The Namespace REC _added_ a notion of namespace compliance, and > XML Schema _adds_ a notion of schema-validity assessment, but nobody > is ever going to _force_ you to use those notions if they don't serve > your needs. Except if an increasing number of specifications new or updated rely on the PSVI and if I became, at one point, obliged to define a W3C XML Schema to use for instance XSLT 2.0 or some of its significant features. The way I read Simon's article (and the position I defend), it's not a criticism of W3C XML Schema, but the fact that other applications will become dependent on W3C XML Schema. Eric > ht > -- > Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh > W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team > 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 > Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... > URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ -- See you in Austin (Knowledge Technologies 2001) http://www.gca.org/attend/2001_conferences/kt_2001/mon.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric van der Vlist Dyomedea http://dyomedea.com http://xmlfr.org http://4xt.org http://ducotede.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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