Re: [xml-dev] What are the characteristics of a good type system for XML?

From
Bob Foster <>
To
Dare Obasanjo <>,
Date
2003-05-14T05:40:49Z
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<2ebf01c319db$60f97800$1401a8c0@snobird>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] What are the characteristics of a good type system for XML?
From: "Dare Obasanjo" <>
>Defining a type system via the narrow lens of validation is partly the
>cause of what many term the "brokenness" of W3C XML Schema and why some
>of our devs and testers (of which I used to be one) have had some issues
>with the XQuery type system. Watching the same mistake repeat itself on
>XML-DEV even with the hindsight provided by W3C XML Schema is oddly like
>watching a train wreck in slo mo.
>
>Pass the popcorn.

Watching train wrecks as a spectator sport is decadent. Either try to fix
the trains or the tracks, or while you are passing the popcorn the boxcars
will fly into your bleachers.

Bob