Re: [xml-dev] W3C Schema: Resistance is Futile, says Don Box

Amelia A Lewis wrote:

> In XML, typing specifies validation algorithms.

Hmm... well it also allows software to unpack XML instances into native 
storage in a sensible way without being savvy to the internals of the 
applications that generated or will use the data.

My question is, is there a need for this? -Tim