Cart
|
[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Namespaces alternative? (was Re:WD for Namespaces 1.1)
 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:30 AM > > If you look at an XML strictly as a set of rules for creating local > vocabularies, then sure: just do what you like, and don't worry about > anyone else. I never said that this was meant to be something custom or to be used within a limited domain. Frankly, this would require a group effort to implement such a concept. Likely, each implementation would be specific to each schema language, but I suppose it would be possible to come up with an ubersyntax... > If on the other hand, you look at XML as a framework for building > diverse document structures and processing using a common set of tools, > then the picture isn't so beautiful. Your documents may well outlive > the tools you built for your own namespace flavor, leaving others to > piece together what you really meant, and they may also escape the > boundaries of your system. Couldn't you make the same argument about schema languages? Yet, RNG, Schematron, etc. are still being developed and used despite facing opposition from W3C's XML Schemas. Creating competing standards never starts off beautifully. However, in the end, the standards either learn to work symbiotically or one loses out to the other. > In general, I don't consider closed-system expectations worth thinking > about, so I'm afraid it does matter to me what other people are doing. > It makes change a lot more difficult, yes. So the reality is that this is just too much of a paradigm shift for anyone to really feel that it is worth taking on... ah well... back to the drawing board. --- Seairth Jacobs seairth@s... 
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! 
Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|
|||||||||
