RE: [xml-dev] XPath/XSLT 2.0 concerns

From
Aaron Skonnard <>
To
'Eric van der Vlist' <>, 'Rich Salz' <>
Date
2002-10-02T15:38:18Z
ID
<002501c26a29$bd6a0300$0400a8c0@gandalf>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] XPath/XSLT 2.0 concerns
Eric van der Vlist [mailto:] wrote:

> By business logic, I guess that Tim meant (or I least I would say
> myself) that W3C XML Schema is often weak and requires at least the
> addition of a rule based schema language like Schematron if not the 
> full flexibility and power of XSLT or a general purpose programming
> language...

Ok, that makes more sense. Having additional rule/constraint evaluation
built into the language is a huge plus, but it can always be layered
over schema validation. In .NET, you can accomplish this by writing a
custom extension that can be used declaratively on your WS methods.

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