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Galen Boyer wrote:
> >> What the heck do you think an XML schema is, or even a DTD. It
> >> is the rules, the contract, that the data must adhere to. This
> >> seems like SOMETHING to me.
> >
> > NO, most definitely NOT. It is a DESCRIPTION of the rules.
> > It is NOT a way of enforcing the rules. For that, you MUST
> > write code!
>
> This isn't true with Schemas.
Yes it is. XML is not a program that you can paramterize. It is a standard for encapsulating information. A XML schema DESCRIBES the data. It does not do ANYTHING with it. Received on Sun Mar 13 2005 - 20:10:55 CST
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