RE: [xml-dev] Why XML Schema is so large

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'David Tolpin' <>,
Date
2003-12-22T11:13:03
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RE: [xml-dev] Why XML Schema is so large
> 
> What does 'a technology is complex' mean?
> 
> For me, a good metric is the relative size of errata. For xml 
> schema datatypes, the errata is one quarter of the size of 
> the document. And error corrections don't add clarity 
> (usually), they sacrifice clarity for the sake of unambiguity.
> 

I don't think complexity and bugginess are necessarily related. Schema
Part 1 is far more complex than part 2, but far less buggy.

Michael Kay