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Re: Need a language whiz: An XML Schema "specifies" howdata is

• From: bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:40:55 +0100

The word choices betray viewpoints of reality -
stating or specifying how data is to be structured assumes a blank
canvas and the schema tells you how that canvas may be filled
constrains assumes that data is a realm of many, perhaps infinite
possibilities, XML Schema then constrains or limits the possible to
the manageable.

I am a specifying how data is to be structured man myself.

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> Which of the following is most accurate and why?
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> An XML Schema specifies how data is to be structured.
> An XML Schema describes how data is to be structured.
> An XML Schema states how data is to be structured.
> An XML Schema constrains the structure of data.
> An XML Schema structures data.
> An XML Schema describes data.
> An XML Schema constrains data.
> Other (what?)
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> /Roger
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