- From: <WBurkett@pdit.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:59:17 -0700
- To: "'www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org'" <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <315163912623D211A5D2006008A0A9BD20E832@BEAST>
I think the notion of Schema Validity is absolutely essential, and I think the vision articulated in the Cambridge Communique is headed in the right direction, but I gotta ask: is the support this paper offers for XML Infoset and XML Schema endorsing the reinvention of the wheel? Data models have been around since the sixties - why do we need another one? Why can't the Relational Model, or EXPRESS (ISO 10303-11), or generic E-R model, or ORM serve in this same role or be adapted to serve in this role? There is an existing synergy between existing data models and application software that does not (yet) exist for data models like XML Infoset/XML Schema - so why not leverage this synergy and define mappings between an existing data model and XML syntax? Am I the only one that thinks this stuff suffers from a little NIH? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - William C. Burkett Product Data Integration Technologies, Inc. 100 W. Broadway, Suite 540 Long Beach CA 90802 (562) 495-6500 x13, FAX (562) 495-6509 wburkett@pdit.com www.pdit.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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