• From: Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@g...>
• To: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:05:17 +0100

Excellent. Many thanks indeed, Michael.

Best regards
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Stephen D Green




2009/10/6 Michael Kay <mike@s...>:
>> <example
>>   count = integer
>>   size = (large | medium | small) : medium>
>>   Content: (all | any*)
>> </example>
>>
>> Any pointers much appreciated. Is it OK to use it for non-W3C
>> specifications?
>
>
> There are a number of similar notations, for example a similar notation is
> used in XSLT: the specification of the notation is fairly informal.
>
>>Is it OK to use it?
>
> Why on earth not? (Unless you want to do a patent search, of course...)
>
> Václav Trojan has developed a language and tool called Xdefinition which
> formalizes and extends this approach, and which deserves to be much better
> known. He has described it in conference papers at XML Prague. Further
> information at
>
> http://www.syntea.cz/xdweb/userdoc/XMLPrague2009_en.pdf
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>

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