[Biodevelopers] XML Schema

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "joe" == Joe Landman <landman at scientificappliance.com> writes:

    joe> Hi folks:
    joe>   Anyone using XML Schema?  It is not a "standard" but a
    joe> "recommendation".  Just curious.

    joe>   Reading over the documentation and the examples, it seems to lose the
    joe> structure of the object it is supposed to represent.  It looks ok for
    joe> parsers, but somewhat annoying for humans.  It may be overkill for what
    joe> I want anyway.  I was just looking at it to try to understand its
    joe> utility.
  
It's basically a replacement for DTD's.  I'm not convinced that it is
more readable, but then again, having everything in XML (well, I mean,
"everything in one format") is easier on the brain.

best,
-tony

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