Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > without java and flow, the sitemap is far from being turing complete.
Well ... this is getting off the topic of the thread, but actually I don't think is true. Maybe you are forgetting that you have recursion with the cocoon: protcol. With URI matchers and selectors I think this is all you would need. The request URI would play the role of the tape of the Turing machine. > > But some level of validation might still be useful (check > that pipelines > > have generators and serializers, etc). But I'm speaking > hypothetically > > because I have never done it. :-) > > I disagree. XML-schema like validation for the sitemap is just > misleading because it gives you a false sense of solidity > that you just > can't understand from that point of view. It depends on how much you expect from it of course. I agree it would be foolish to imagine that a validator could prove that a site map was totally "solid" in the sense of being logically correct. If you appreciate that the schema doesn't prove that your web app will work correctly, a schema could still be quite useful purely as a syntax checker. It might be more useful to use a schema to help MAINTAIN validity while editing a sitemap. There are a few XML editors that will give you context-sensitive assistance for editing a document based on a schema. e.g. http://pollo.sourceforge.net/cocoon.html
