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Subject: re: Issue: overriding attributes
Message text written by James Clark > Is this a capability we need for RELAX 1.0? James <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< James, From a business point of view I would say 'No'! This sleight of hand stuff - poof its magic - scares me. I really want to know that the business definition is singular and consistent. If I want something different - then I should version it, and explicitly make it clear or use a sub-named item and extend the base structure. The fact that an include of an include of an include can change something is in my book a BUG! I know C++ and Java programmers love this stuff - its called job security - finding where and why something changed. This is officially blessed as 'good' of course in OO being able to redefine someone elses data constructs. Thanks, DW. p.s. Interesting point on XML 1.0 ATTLIST. I suspect most XML tools treat this as a bug and throw an error! ; -)
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