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Ann, I think the followins is true -- SQL has a nice math based on relational algebra/calculus. The truth is XML Schema does not have this. Actually probably because of my strong bias, but I believe XML Schema defies math -- for an example, XML Schema defies XDuce. But this is true -- the math for RELAX/TREX was first studied in the late 1950's, and it has *very* strong math. <warning>speaking for himself only</warning> regards - murali. On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Ann Navarro wrote: > At 02:05 PM 4/23/2001 -0400, Michael Champion wrote: > > >Anyone want to pick up the thread ... is something like W3C XML Schema a > >"good thing" after all if it can be wrapped up in user-friendly tools? Or is > >its "power" (aka "complexity") too great to fully encapsulate inside a > >friendly interface? > > How friendly is the SQL spec? Access puts a reasonably friendly face on it, > or you can left outer join to your heart's content by hand using a command > line interface. > > SQL is certainly powerful and complex -- and both easy and difficult to use > well. > > Schema is likely to be the same (and the analogy toward database-land isn't > by accident, of course) > > Ann > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
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