Re: [dbx g2] using modules; version attribute

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

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/ Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com> was heard to say:
| I would agree that if modularization becomes an option,
| then it must be easy to use.  My concern with schema modules
| is that it could make things more complex.  Currently
| you can specify a single DTD and everyone knows
| what's in it, and the tools know what they have to deal
| with.  A single DTD may be big, but it is simpler than handling
| multiple possible combinations of modules.

Exactly. I think the core has to be large enough to be generally
useful and the extensions have to be domain-specific enough to not
appear generally useful. But that's always going to be subjective.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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