Date:         Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:27:21 +0000
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From:         Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: XPath and Validation
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Mike Taylor wrote:
> > From: Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>

> Again, this _has_ to be a solved problem somewhere out there in the
> XML community.  We'd be crazy to go off now and invent our own
> half-arsed, incompatible 20%-solution when there's surely a nice,
> shiny proper one already out there.

If there is one, it'll slot in without much difficulty.  Just put the
identifier for it in recordSchema.  The possible existence of
such a schema shouldn't delay 1.1 IMO while we look for it.

> Does no-one on this list know any of the XML big-guns that they can
> email?

My favourite people for odd XML questions didn't know of one.

Rob


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