Roger--
It should be obvious that your examples don't contradict what Michael said. How do you know that, if the W3C should manage to come up with a shorter (but just as adequate; and how do you measure that?) specification for XML Schema 1.1, more people wouldn't read it?
On Sep 24, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Michael Kay wrote:
>
>> Being too careful can make things worse, because the longer and more
>> formal the spec, the fewer people will read it.
>
> Apparently the W3C does not agree. Consider:
>
> - The XML Schema 1.1 specification is 380 pages
> and is formally written.
>
> - The XSLT 3.0 specification is 530 pages
> and is formally written.
>
>
> /Roger
>
