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Re: Venetian Blinds vs Garden of Eden patterns for industrysta

• From: Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>
• To: Lech Rzedzicki <xchaotic@gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:15:51 +0200

Lech Rzedzicki wrote:

> Some people are now proposing that we move to "Garden of Eden" design
> patter, but I don't see that as a particularly smart move in the
> context of our domain.

With Venetian Blind you can easily control which elements are global and
as a result which elements are allowed as a top-level document elements.
This is very important for validation. By moving to "Garden of Eden" you
loose this important ability.

				Jirka

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