Jirka Kosek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kendall Shaw wrote: > >> I mean roughly the same syntax as the relax ng compact syntax, but for >> any XML, not just for Relax NG schemas. >> >> In other words: >> >> namespace y = "http://abcd"; >> >> element y:floop { >> attribute bork "xyz" >> } >> >> would represent: >> >> <y:floop xmlns:y="http://abcd"; bork="xyz"/> > > I don't see in what aspect is this syntax better then XML. Anyway in RNC > you can already write this as:
It would be compact as much as the relax ng compact syntax is compact compared to the XML form. I am refering to a simple pre-processing of the compact representation into XML, no schema is involved. I think it can only be as bad an idea as the relax ng compact syntax is, which is not bad at all. > namespace y = "http://abcd"; > > [y:floop [ bork = "xyz" ]] > > The only problem is that above is not complete schema (it doesn't define > any real RELAX NG pattern) and it will be refused by Trang. But I > suppose that you can very easily extend Trang to deal with such > incomplete schemas. > > Jirka > > P.S. And of course, if you don't like angle brackets you can turn them > into parenthesis and use s-expressions (or SGML with minimalization > features as was already suggested) ;-D Unfortunately, there is wide-spread fear of parenthesis for some reason. Kendall
