Re: [xml-dev] NVDL: A Disruptive Technology

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@...>
• To: "xml-dev@..." <xml-dev@...>
• Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:48:36 -0400

Michael Kay wrote:
> There aren't two languages for defining integrity constraints in SQL
> databases, or for defining assertions in Java; why should there be two for
> defining validation constraints in XML documents? The scope is sufficiently
> narrow that one language ought to be enough.

Hmm... I don't think I'd ever call the scope of anything in XML 
"narrow", even from a strictly programming perspective.

I marvel at the infinite number of ways people have found to use XML, 
and their ever-changing expectations for how to process it.

Variety is a good thing here.

Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/