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James Clark <jjc@j...> writes: > "Henry S. Thompson" wrote: > > > It's also true, in my opinion and > > that of many in the community, that XML Schema as it stands will be an > > incredibly valuable move forward: not perfect, but the right first > > step. I'm looking forward to seeing it deployed, to using it, and to > > working to integrate all we've learned from the experience and from > > external input as we move on to start work on the next version. > > It is clear to me XML Schema as it stands *is* useful. However, it's > also clear to me that there is the potential to create a schema language > (or perhaps family of languages) for XML that is significantly better > that XML Schema as it stands and that satisfies the requirements placed > on XML Schema. I am content to have XML Schema as it stands now, so long > as that doesn't prevent the XML community getting something better in > the future. In particular, I hope that: > > (a) overly tight coupling between other W3C specs and XML Schema 1.0 > will be avoided I hope so. > (b) future versions of XML Schema will not be constrained to be 100% > compatible with XML Schema 1.0; the requirement for any future version > should be that it be possible automatically to translate XML Schema 1.0 > into that future version Speaking personally, I don't believe any such requirement has been stated, and for a range of reasons, including the one below, I agree it should not be. > This will allow the potential for the creation of a better schema > language to be realized to the maximum extent possible in future > versions of XML Schema. Hear, hear! 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/
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