So let's see if I understand this:
Are XML datatypes core technology? No.
Are XML datatypes useful under certain contexts? Certainly.
Can the support and transport of datatype information impose a burden in
contexts where datatypes are not useful? Of course.
Therefore:
Datatype support should be modular.
Datatypes should not creep into core Recs.
In contexts where datatypes are not useful, there should be a mechanism to
toss away or filter out datatype noise. (I suppose the same could be said
for namespaces, as well, or any other meta-meta-tag info.)
So why is this class warfare and not merely an argument for good software
design?
Politics? Mmmm... could be.
