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RE: XML spec and XSD

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: "'Simon St.Laurent'" <simonstl@simonstl.com>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:43:49 -0000

> Complex data structures seem to lead to loathing...

I think we have a terrible tendency in this industry to confuse aesthetic
and utilitarian judgements. A thing of great ugliness can sometimes also be
of great utility; conversely, there are languages that are beautiful but
useless.

Almost everyone finds XML Schema ugly. But a lot of people also find it
useful.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 

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