• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: "XML Developers' List" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:34:22 -0400 (EDT)

Paul Prescod writes:

 > I am genuinely interested in improving XML usability, however, so I
 > would like to hear counter-arguments.

In my opinion, the best counter argument is that you can include
structured documentation as part of the schema itself.  In a DTD, an
awful lot of useful information is stashed away in comments, and has
to be copied into documentation using cut-and-paste.


All the best,


David

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