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Dare Obasanjo scripsit: > I should point out that I simplified the cases in my geralizations. Many > sophisticated users of validation do want more than regexes and strings > when ensuring that a document satisfies its contract. They want to > ensure values fall within certain ranges and ensure that various > interdependencies are enforced. I agree that regexes are not enough, but supplemented with ranges and precision for suitable types, they do almost the whole job. Integrity checks are important, but I haven't seen anything yet that is really satisfying in this respect except full Schematron processing. -- John Cowan jcowan@r... www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand." --Gerald Holton
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