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Re: ANN: Trang (multi-format schema converter)

• To: jevdemon@a... (John Evdemon)
• Subject: Re: ANN: Trang (multi-format schema converter)
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:56:35 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: jjc@j... (James Clark), jcowan@r... (John Cowan), xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <3E2EDA53.18651.1B05B91@localhost> from "John Evdemon" at Jan 22, 2003 05:52:19 PM

John Evdemon scripsit:

> Sun's multi-schema converter [1] provides this capability 
> for fairly simple schemas.  Apparently there are some 
> issues with identity constraints and complex datatype 
> definitions.

True, but MSC is not structure-preserving: it just gloms everything
together.  What you get is only suitable for validation, not for further
work.  (This is not a criticism of MSC/MSV, which have different points
d'appui than Trang.)

The issue around identity constraints is simple: RNG doesn't have them.

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