Re: [DM] BEA_006

Michael,

I am not sure I understand the statement below.
The XML Data Model is a brand new specification and I see no
reason why we cannot design it in the optimal way.

The fact that we have a Data Model that is inconsistent with the Infoset
will cause so much damage to vendors and customers. Hence, any deviation
from the Infoset has to be seriously justified, and this doesn't
seem to be a serious justification to me.

Best regards,
Dana



> Historically, I think the main reason XSLT 1.0 did it like this was a
> philosophy of avoiding dynamic errors wherever possible. We can argue
> about the merits of this philosophy (there are arguments on both sides)
> but there is little point, because we can't change these decisions
> retrospectively.

Received on Monday, 16 February 2004 17:55:13 UTC