• To: xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 16:42:29 -0400
• In-reply-to: <200207032008.g63K82R02806@l...>
• References: <Message from "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...><4.2.0.58.20020703115152.018a87b0@p...>

At 02:08 PM 7/3/2002 -0600, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
>Back top topic: I actually wasn't aware that there was a formal semantics 
>for WXS.  And does it matter that there is?  I'm not sure I like the idea 
>that a formal semantics excuses practical weakness.  It seems that a lot 
>of W3C spec lately have put an inordinate amount of effort into 
>cathedral-like formal semantics, rather than brutal but effective smithing 
>at the hands of a bazaar.

The formal model was an effort after-the-fact to describe W3C XML Schema, 
not something that was done from the start.

I frequently share your aversion to altars to formality, but have to admit 
that formal models are a really powerful foundation for pattern-matching 
applications.  RELAX NG and regular expressions demonstrate that quite nicely.

Do they do everything?  No, but it's sometimes nice to know the foundation 
isn't a hodgepodge of ill-fitting ideas.

Simon St.Laurent
"Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coue

• References:
  • RE: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
    • From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>

• Prev by Date: Re: RE: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
• Next by Date: RE: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
• Previous by thread: Re: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
• Next by thread: Re: RE: XQuery and DTD/Schema?
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread