On 08/12/2010 12:19, Pete Cordell wrote:
> Following Elliotte's lead I've tried to write down some ideas for what
> I see as a simpler XML. I've done it as a web page rather than an
> e-mail because hopefully it will be less transitory than an e-mail,
> and it seems too long for an e-mail.
>
One thing I'd like to bring in from the JSON world is some basic duck
typing.
<person age=90 dob=1920-03-04 name="Ronald" retired=true
children=["Barbara", "Michael"]/>
There's no need for a DTD or schema to do simple type annotation.
Michael Kay
Saxonica