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Re: Schema vs Schema-free (was: RE: XML BinaryCharacterization


Re: Schema vs Schema-free (was: RE:  XML BinaryCharacterization
At 2:07 PM -0400 4/13/04, Bob Wyman wrote:

>	Certainly, it is sometimes important to ensure that leading
>zeros, gratuitous "+" signs, etc. are passed through systems
>untouched. However, it is important to understand that the importance
>varies depending on whether or not you are working with a schema.

It does not depend on whether *you* are working with a schema. It 
depends on whether *everyone* is working with the *same* schema. The 
assumption that there is a single unique schema, which everyone 
agrees to and adheres to is a common fallacy in the XML world.
-- 

   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   elharo@m...
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA

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