Xml Mailing List: Re: It's input time guys.

[David Frascone (dave]

On Thursday, 31 Jan 2002, Mark Jones wrote:
> The draft is looking good, Dave. I have a couple of suggestions but I'll
> wait to hear from you before submitting any text.

Thanks :)


> I suggest we describe the validity constraints for every element and
> attribute. Some of the constraints are already enforced by the DTD but
> others will need to be done in code. For example, the 'id' attribute is the
> 'vendor' element MUST be unique across all 'vendor' elements but this is not
> enforced by the DTD.

Hmmm . . . good point.  I'll need to paragraphs under all the keyed items.

> Secondly, I did have an XML Schema definition that matched the XML but
> enforced most, if not all, of the validity constraints. It is probably
> out-of-date now but I can update it if you think it is worth including in
> the draft.

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm a little ignorant about schemas:

   Can libxml2 (http://www.xmlsoft.org) enforce/parse the schema?

   If it can, then I think we should add it, and force the xml to adhere
   to it.

   If not, I think we should, "Make it go away"


> 
> My contact information for the draft is:
> 
>       Mark Jones
>       Bridgewater Systems
>       303 Terry Fox Drive, Suite 100,
>       Kanata, Ontario. K2K 3J1
>       Canada
>        Phone: +1 613-591-6655
>          Fax: +1 613-591-6656
>       E-mail: mjones [at] bridgewatersystems.com

Updated.