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Depending on what you want to model, DTDs may be all you need. For others Relax NG, XSD, etc are not enough. I think I give a good enough reason as to the limitations of DTDs in this paper I wrote last year http://www.25hoursaday.com/StoringAndQueryingXML.html Read the section entitled "Structuring XML: DTDs and XML Schemas" -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Any philosophy that can be put into a nutshell belongs there. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brothers, Michael (IA) > [mailto:Michael.Brothers@i...] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:00 PM > To: 'Simon St.Laurent'; Roger L. Costello; xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt > > > Seems this argument is going to make the rounds every couple > of weeks or so. The arguments (and contestants) are too > predictable anymore. I'm still waiting for the definitive > answer on why DTD's are not the answer. Seems to me they are > damn good at modeling information systems. I'm just a lowly > business major and I can understand them and model with them. > Ooops, probably just answered my own question. Why use > something simple when something 5000 times more obtuse will > do the job? Sheesh! > > Take Care, > mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > Sent: 21 June 2002 14:48 > To: Roger L. Costello; xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: XML Schema to relaxNG xslt > > > >Is WXS a good starting point for information processing? I > think it's > >a > >horrible set of tools to use for anything other than kluging > information in > > >forms that unfortunate people who fall for the "it's so > >object-oriented" or > > >"it's so convenient for relational DB work" lines can do. > > >Given my lack of respect for WXS, it doesn't really matter to me > >whether > >RNG is a good starting point for that distinctly rotten > endpoint. It makes > > >much more sense for me to be blunt about WXS and hope that > more people > >take > > >a critical look at WXS than to blindly support tools I consider > >dangerous > >to the health of the XML ecosystems in which I work. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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