Re: Syntax

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 08 January 2007 09:32 UTC

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Stephane Bortzmeyer schrieb:
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:12:09PM +0100,
>  Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote 
>  a message of 31 lines which said:
> 
>> 3) Although a "compact" syntax is great for readability, 
> 
> And authorship, IMHO.

Yep.

>> an alternate syntax in XML would be good for usage within XML tool
>> chains.
> 
> It is certainly a good idea. What do you think of having an alternate
> *non-normative* XML format, with the same terminology and data model
> as the compact syntax? A tool like Shadok could certainly translate
>>from one syntax to another.

Exactly what I was thinking about.

>> (if there's interest in that, I'll happily contribute).
> 
> Please proceed, as long as it is in Relax NG :-)

Yes, I also like XML Schema languages, as long as they don't come from 
the W3C :-).

Best regards, Julian



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