Hi Michael, Thanks for the information. I'll check them out.
Cheers, Raymond On 18 September 2007 05:26:37 you wrote: > > > As a Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA: > > http://www.lisa.org) member, I am soon to start implementing RelaxNG > > as the schema for a number of document standards based there. > > So I am just gathering together references, documentation, and so > > forth. > > > > Unfortunately, I have already mentioned using RelaxNG for the new > > TMX 2.0 standard at LISA and have been ridiculed by the editor in > > charge. Seems some people just cannot listen to reason. Has anybody > > had any similar experiences or advice on how to tackle the > > situation? > > A few years back, as part of a discussion thread on an IETF > mailing list, James Clark posted an e-mail message detailing why > RELAXNG "should receive at least equal billing" with the W3C XML > Schema language as a recommended formalism for use in XML-related > IETF specs. At that time, I wrote up an item for XMLHack about it: > > http://www.xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1677 > > His main points about the advantages of RELAXNG are summarized in > the bulleted list in there. His original posting is here: > > http://www.imc.org/ietf-xml-use/mail-archive/msg00217.html > > The "A Triumph of Simplicity: James Clark on Markup Languages and > XML" interview that Eugene Eric Kim did with James back in 2001 is > also still worth reading and pointing others to: > > http://www.ddj.com/184404686 > > > I am going to write an article for LISA about RelaxNG and try to > > create schemas for as many of the standards they have before making > > a real push. I have also read most of the common stuff around about > > RelaxNG. Does anyone know of some extra information off the beaten > > path that would make good ammunition? > > Along with the above, I guess it's also worth reminding people > that RELAXNG is a full and final ISO International Standard, as > part of ISO/IEC 19757, "DSDL Document Schema Definition > Languages": > > http://dsdl.org/ > http://dsdl.org/relaxng-is.pdf > > It also should be remembered that RELAXNG has been used as a > formalism in a number of specifications from W3C working groups, > including the XHTML working group. Masayasu Ishikawa once posted > an explanation of the rationale behind choosing RELAXNG for the > XHTML spec and others - > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2003May/0069.html > > One comment he made in that posting was (speaking from his > perspective as a spec editor) "I chose to start from RELAX NG > primarily to make *my* life easier". > > --Mike >
