[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box
Sure, Henry, but that is what SOAP needs. It doesn't mean that is what all applications of XML need. How about well-considered alternatives for applications that don't need reliable type assertions? I like XML Schema for some kinds of work and given the size of the disks I can get these days, my toolbox isn't THAT full. len From: ht@c... [mailto:ht@c...] "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> writes: <snip/> > I wonder if Don's actually tried RELAX NG. I'd be curious if "one hit > and you're hooked" would get him too. (That mantra speaks to the > quality of the product much better than "everybody's doing it", which > is what I tend to hear from W3C XML Schema supporters.) I doubt it -- the reason for SOAP's dependence on XML Schema is that XML Schema provides type assertions for all constituents of the message payload, and SOAP marshalling and unmarshalling depend (sensibly) on this. RELAX NG is constitutionally incapable of providing reliable type assertions.
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