RE: [xml-dev] House of Representatives using XML

REASON No. 29 WHY I CAN'T STAND SLASHDOT*
A comment stating that XDR is "upward compatible" with W3C XML Schema [whatever that means] is rated +5 Informative. 
 
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=35398&cid=3823323
 
 
* Yet like a train wreck I am morbidly drawn to it. 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: J. David Eisenberg [mailto:] 
	Sent: Thu 7/4/2002 6:20 PM 
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	Subject: [xml-dev] House of Representatives using XML
	
	

	I got notice of this from an article at slashdot:
	
	   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/04/1631254
	
	The relevant URL is http://xml.house.gov/ They are using DTDs, although
	there is one interesting file (not shown on the main page):
	
	    http://xml.house.gov/Members/member-schema.xml
	
	which starts off with this:
	
	   <Schema xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data"
	              xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
	
	The discussion at slashdot does bring up the (by now notorious)
	DTD vs. Schema vs. Relax NG debate.
	
	--
	J. David Eisenberg  http://catcode.com/
	
	
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