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> If element type "foo" has specific semantics (and it > always does IMO), this doesn't mean that these semantics > are obvious from the instance. I understand your POV. My contention is that it is a very limited view... because it is limiting the interpretation to a single application domain where the interpretation is fixed. For a good example of what I mean, look at HTML. When an author writes HTML, they use the constructs for 1) structural semantics 2) formatting semantics -or- 3) a combination of both and you cannot know, a priori, what the intent was No schema language that I am aware of today would make that explicit. FWIW. I have seen some environments where a single HTML file passes through 1->3->2 when being served.
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