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On 12/09/2012 11:59, Costello, Roger L. wrote: > Hi Folks, > > If I create an XML vocabulary, then have I created a DSL? > > Yesterday I heard someone say, "A configuration file is a DSL." > > So if I create an XML-formatted configuration file, then I have > created a DSL. Right? > > Are there some XML vocabularies that would be considered DSL's and > other XML vocabularies that would not be considered DSL's? > > Is RSS a DSL? > > Is UBL a DSL? > > Is XSD a DSL? > > /Roger > whether a language is a DSL is mostly something about what the language is used for, whether it is an XML vocabulary is purely a question about its syntax and these are essentially unrelated facets. If you have a DSL you could give it an XML syntax or a non XML syntax, some languages (notably Relax NG, XQuery, (X)HTML) have an XML syntax _and_ a non XML syntax. Whether or not you consider them to be domain-specific applies equally to both syntaxes. David ________________________________________________________________________ The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ________________________________________________________________________
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