Pete Cordell wrote:
> P.S. If we're looking for features, how about an xml:type attribute
> rather than having to use xsi:type?
>
That would be a bug, not a feature. I have zero interest in locking in
any one set of data types or privileging any one schema language.
The lack of types is what makes XML a distinct improvement over some
competing efforts. It is not an accident or an oversight, but part of
the core value proposition of XML.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
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