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Subject: Re: Issue: language name
Michael Smith wrote: > I think the fact that the W3C XML schema offering is called simply > "XML Schema" has managed to confuse a lot of people-- so much so that > lots of introductory books and articles fail to even acknowledge that > there are other schema/validation languages written in XML syntax. I agree it's very unfortunate that the W3C has done this. > I think that including "XML Schema" in the official name of TREX/RELAX > would make it clear to potential users exactly what it is, and help to > position the language in the way it seems like it is going to be > positioned-- as an alternative to the W3C XML schema language. We would have one thing called "XML Schema" and our thing would be called "XYZZY XML Schema": I don't think that would make the relationship clear at all. I don't think our choice of name can undo the harm that the W3C has done in its choice of name. James
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