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Re: Russian doll schemas stink?

• To: Christian Nentwich <christian@s...>
• Subject: Re: Russian doll schemas stink?
• From: Jeff Rafter <lists@j...>
• Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 12:21:41 -0700
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> So, I can think of reasons to localize element definitions. I can also
> think of (legitimate) reasons to create a 30 method Java class instead
> of breaking it up, but that doesn't mean I am 100% happy afterwards. It
> works but it smells.

In the situation I was thinking of, I was working within an industry 
group that was migrating from DTDs to XML Schemas. There was an 
expectation that XML Schemas would allow better mixing and packaging of 
vocabularies. Unfortunately, the shared components weren't actually 
shared and instead it just created a lot of conflict because of the 
global types. It came down to a vote between venetian blind and russian 
doll. I was outvoted ~70 to 1. But believe me, russian dolls would have 
been a great solution ;)

All the best,
Jeff Rafter

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