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RE: [xml-dev] Two Questions - on XML Schema

From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:31:00 -0000
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Cc: <Paul.V.Biron@kp.org>, <ElektonikaMail@frink.w3.org>, <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>, <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>, <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>, <xmlschema-dev-request@w3.org>
RE: [xml-dev] Two Questions - on XML Schema

> 
> Gee, Mike,
> 
> I'm truly flattered at your assertion that [we] relational 
> people messed up 
> some "clean design".  Didn't realize we had that much power. ;^)

Well, let's just say that I think we would have had a more coherent set of
basic data types if we hadn't had so many people throwing in their
ha'penceworth from diametrically opposite directions.

Come to think of it, the same is probably true of SQL.

Mike



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