X-Schema

[Paul Prescod]

David Megginson wrote:
> 
> Paul Prescod writes:
> 
>  > I am genuinely interested in improving XML usability, however, so I
>  > would like to hear counter-arguments.
> 
> In my opinion, the best counter argument is that you can include
> structured documentation as part of the schema itself.  In a DTD, an
> awful lot of useful information is stashed away in comments, and has
> to be copied into documentation using cut-and-paste.

This is true. You've helped me to realize that I don't dislike
instance-syntax schemas -- I dislike instance-syntax content models. There
is no reason to reinvent regular expressions in XML element syntax.

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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