Jonathan Robie scripsit:
> Could you please give a concrete example, with angle brackets and code,
> that illustrates the problem? I agree that processing may impose semantics
> on data that was not envisioned by the creator of the data, but you seem to
> be saying more - that providing data types in XML data interferes with
> unforeseen reuse.
Again, the mere *provision* of typing metadata does not prevent such reuse.
However, if *standard tools* assume that the metadata is sound, then
transgressive reuse may indeed be made difficult. Obviously, purely lexical
tools are not affected, but tools based on XQuery/XPath2/XSLT2 will not
be purely lexical in this sense (whereas XPath1/XSLT1 are).
> Please illustrate this with a concrete example.
Hard to do when the standards are still fluid and the corresponding tools
not yet in wide use.
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