Tim Bray [mailto:] wrote:
> The problem with that wordview is that Xpath/Xquery are
> clearly mostly going to be used at application run-time.
> I think the proportion of cases where XMLSchema validation
> happens at application run-time is going to be way short
> of 100%. I personally think's actually going to be way
> short of 25%, it's useful for design support and debugging
> but it's just not at the right level for business-logic
> validation.
I guess it depends on the pool of cases. I think it depends largely on
the type of XML application. In the case of Web service applications, I
think XML Schema validation will be extremely common at runtime.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "...it's just not at the right
level for business-logic validation."?
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