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Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...> writes: > At 4:25 AM -0400 4/16/04, Gerald Bauer wrote: > > > I wrote up the compact syntax study after reading > >up on the compact (non-XML) syntax for Relax NG - a > >schema language for XML. See http://www.relaxng.org > >for details. In case of Relax NG the compact non-XML > >syntax clearly beats the XML syntax. > > A lot of people feel that way. I don't though. I personally find the > XML syntax to be significantly easier to read and understand than the > RELAX NG compact syntax. I can second that. It's good that James gave us two alternatives, but every time I have to read RNC, I have to go back and check what the symbols mean. Admittedly, I don't read a lot of RNC, or I would have learned the syntax. But as a causal user, I find the XML syntax a better trade-off between "self-describing markup" and ease of authoring. I doubt Aunt Trudie is a less causal user than I am :=) Ari. -- Elections only count as free and trials as fair if you can lose money betting on the outcome.
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