Cart
|
[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Schemas as Promises and Expectations
 [W. E. Perry > 3) the expertise of a processing node is expressed in the transformation of > what is available to consume into a particular form specific to the process > which produces it (rather than conditioned on the 'expectations' of the > 'intended' consumers of that product). In order to achieve such an application > of expertise, a processing node must choose what to fetch as input, must > instantiate that data in a form specific to particular process, regardless of > the form in which that data might originally be found, and must express in the > particular form of output the value added by the process performed. > I agree with you in principle - or maybe I mean that I would __like__ to. But I do not think that the consuming node can accept just anything and successfully transform it to a preferred form. In my experience (more limited than yours, I know), the incoming documents have to fit within __some__ bounds. The easiest case, I suppose, is that there might be extra elements which can be ignored. More important, perhaps, is that the incoming documents have a stable format. You can adapt to nearly anything as long as it is consistent. So are you arguing for Don's point, which I take to be the following - A producer should consistently produce according to some definite schema (lower-case schema, not just WXS, of course), and a consumer should design around using some (possibly different) definite schema, converting as needed. Is that it (and Don, did I catch your point accurately?) ? Cheers, Tom P 
|
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
|
|||||||||
