On 20 August 2012 14:19, Costello, Roger L. <> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Are you in this situation:
>
> a. You create some XSD schemas, build an application around them, and deploy the application.
> b. A short time later some higher-up authority tells you, "Well, you need to incorporate this additional data."
> c. So you update your XSD schemas, rebuild your application, redeploy.
> d. Then, a short time after that the higher-up authority tells you, "We've made some changes and additions so please incorporate them."
> e. So you update your XSD schemas again, rebuild your application again, redeploy again.
> f. And this goes on over and over.
> g. You think to yourself, "There has got to be a better way. Most of my XML is unchanging; how can I partition off the static part and then dynamically incorporate the new data requirements?"
>
It's not really a problem limited to xml and xsd... it's pretty much
what Agile was invented for (sorry to say the A word)
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Andrew Welch
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