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RE: When do tags stop being a good idea?

• To: "Bob Hutchison" <hutch@x...>
• Subject: RE: When do tags stop being a good idea?
• From: "Manos Batsis" <m.batsis@b...>
• Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:58:30 +0300
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: When do tags stop being a good idea?

> From: Bob Hutchison [mailto:hutch@x...] 

> It seems very unclear to me what problem is being solved by 
> adding types to
> something like XSD. 

Using (maybe unpredictable) XML data with everything that involves
typing. Programming languages, database systems etc.


> When *do* tags stop being a good idea?

When they don't fit your requirements.


Cheers,

Manos

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