XML Schema?

[Paul Prescod]

Harry George wrote:
> 
> ...
> Another possibility I considered was to do a python binding to the
> apache Xerces "C++".  Do you know if anyone has done that?  That would
> hook into IBM's significant C++/Java XML-oriented releases.

Xereces C++ does not have a schema engine yet.

> I'm not a fan of Schema either, but it sure is being hyped to the
> local decision makers -- so I need a python treatment.  The whole XML
> world has migrated from "It is deliberately simple so all languages can
> play" to "Let's complexify it so those pesky GPL guys can't keep up."

That's one cynical reading of the situation. I think it is more a case
of getting more competing interests into a room than we had in the early
days. You need a much more disciplined moderator/editor in that
situation than you do when nobody cares.

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