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Re: ID/IDREF is evil

• From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: George Cristian Bina <george@oxygenxml.com>
• Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 14:24:57 +0000

On 8 Feb 2014, at 10:10, George Cristian Bina <george@oxygenxml.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> 
> I am not sure I understand the need for DTDs... You can use xs:ID and xs:IDREF/xs:IDREFS in XML Schema, isn't it? And <data type="ID"/>, etc. in Relax NG.
> 

Yes, but if you're using XML Schema you don't need ID/IDREF, because you can use key/keyref which is far more flexible (though still, sadly, scoped to a single document).

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • ID/IDREF is evil
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: ID/IDREF is evil
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Re: ID/IDREF is evil
    • From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
  • Re: ID/IDREF is evil
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Re: ID/IDREF is evil
    • From: George Cristian Bina <george@oxygenxml.com>