So, getting to my question, I take it from your answer that your clients are using W3C Schemas?
Do they know what Relax NG is, and if so, have they considered it? Betty Harvey wrote <snipped>: > This is really a hard issue. There are problems with the W3C > schema specification. Every W3C situation I have encountered with my > clients who have contracted to have a W3C Schema created has issues. The > schema parses with the tool that was used to create the schema but does > not parse on any other schema parser. IMHO this is a very serious > situation. This means that the user is locked into a vendor specific > product. I don't believe this is because of vendor's diligence but > because of ambiguities in the specification. Yeah, W3C schema is not perfect, but I think you could find the same problems with V1 of lots of specifications and V1 of nearly every product that implements a new specification. > I believe RelaxNG is getting some 'wings' behind it because of > the OASIS-Open endorsement and the fact that it is going through ISO. > Timing is critical though, as we all know. The best solution doesn't > always win. My point exactly. Such decisions are often made for non-technical reasons. -- Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting www.rawlinsecconsulting.com ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage = http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe = send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm
