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At 15:45 06/05/2003 -0400, Mike Champion wrote: >On Tue, 06 May 2003 18:26:56 +0100, Dave Pawson <dpawson@n...> wrote: >>>If there were one spec defined solely in terms of >>>elements, attributes and text, and another built on >>>top of that one that added typed data, then sure, >>>I'd use the former and simply not bother with the latter. > >That's the point of the "conformance levels", so people who just need >elements and attributes and text could (in principle) just use tools that >don't bother with the latter. But as I understand the specs and the >explanation by Michael Kay, the "typed data" is baked into the lowest >conformance level. > >"a Basic XSLT Processor must be able to manipulate atomic values >conforming to any of the XML Schema built-in types, for example strings, >integers, decimals, doubles, dates, times, QNames. But a Basic XSLT >processor does not support type annotations on nodes in the data model: >all nodes are untyped. And it does not support user-defined types." Which supports what Joe said? Glue it all in so it can't be unhooked? >This stuff is in Last Call, so people who believe that this is >inappropriate have until June 30 to make your opinions known. I >respectfully disagree with Joe English that this will just make work for >the WG and they will do what they are going to do irrespective of what >Last Call reviews say; this is HARD TO JUSTIFY in the W3C as it works TODAY. ?So was Iraq? Hard to justify that is. > Unless, of course, people don't submit formal comments, in which case it > is very easy to say "it's just an insignificant minority who want that, > we will ignore them." I was just on a W3C Chairs telcon today, and while > there is certainly a point of view that informed users should have read > and commmented on drafts long before Last Call, there is an equally > strong body of opinion that says Last Call is telling the world, "we're > done experimenting and arguing, now it's safe to take a close look > because we REALLY want your opinion on this." I've heard both views on that. Comment asap and leave it till last call. regards DaveP
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