Some people need DTDs and XML Schema support. Others of us do not. So, currently, if you need it, then you have to layer it on top. I don't want it because I need the flexibility and I don't want the overhead.
My 0.02 :-). Mark Christian Gross wrote: > At 12:08 15/01/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > > >Xindice isn't using XML validation at this time, and i don't know if its > >planned. > >So its up to you what are u putting in your xindice. > >My Tip when u program in Java just use the SUN MSV Validation package, this > >works quite easy and fast. > >You can store the XSD's in Xindice too, cause its XML like your documents. > > I do not know if having complete XML Schema support is such a good > thing. The reason why I mention this is because of XML Query. Consider > the following of XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 data model section 3.3 > > ****************************** > In other words, the data model supports the following classes of XML > documents: > > * Well-formed documents conforming to [Namespaces in XML], > * DTD-valid documents conforming to [Namespaces in XML], and > * W3C XML Schema-validated documents. > > The data model supports some kinds of values that are not supported by [XML > Information Set]. Examples of these are well-formed document fragments, > sequences of fragments or sequences of documents. The data model also > supports values that are not nodes. Examples of these are atomic values, > sequences of atomic values, or sequences mixing nodes and atomic values. > These are necessary to be able to represent the results of intermediate > expressions in the data model during expression processing. > ****************************** > The result is that Xindice may in the future have to support both XML > documents with and without DTD and Schema's. > > Just my two cents though... > > Christian Gross -- Mark J Stang System Architect Cybershop Systems
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