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Localization in the derivative products of the standard components is where I find I can make wise choices. An example is creating stylesheets to support production based on a common schema. One may have a schema or DTD that supports several classes of documents of which I only need a subset. I will support the common infrastructure which for documents is obvious, then code the pieces that the writers send for tagging as received. IOW, the use cases are not abstract but actual uses. This ensures the priorities are set not by the type def designer or architect who is likely long gone or far away but by the local project needs. Complete support isn't necessary. Where that can bite is if the derivative is then passed off as a comprehensive support product instead of a localized product. That starts squabbles over the "yagniness" of the original schema, aka, a standards war. The sad history of that trendiness in design is well documented as here there and elsewhere we find people reinventing means that were thrown away only to rediscover in local practice why they were originally invented. Too much cleverness in a recipe produces a cake that cannot self-rise. YMMV. len [Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
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