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[Paul Prescod]

MURATA Makoto wrote:
> 
> Now that schemata are in the XML syntax, they can be parsed by XML processors.
> Thus, application programs can easily obtain additional information from
> schemata.  We only have to allow XML schemata to have user-defined elements,
> which may be used by such application programs.

If a schema parses some date text to validate it then having the
application do it again is inefficient and inconvenient. A schema could
also use content model information to report breaks between content model
chunks (if it "reported" non-terminals). This is incredibly convenient for
application designers.
-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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