On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au wrote:
> Hexathioorthooxalate apparently said,on my timestamp of 13/03/2005
> 10:50 PM:
>
>> What the heck do you think an XML schema is, or even a DTD. It
>> is the rules, the contract, that the data must adhere to. This
>> seems like SOMETHING to me.
>
> NO, most definitely NOT. It is a DESCRIPTION of the rules.
> It is NOT a way of enforcing the rules. For that, you MUST
> write code!
This isn't true with Schemas. Your statement is about as wrong as
Hexathioorthooxalate's statement that one must right triggers and procs
to check RI. Sure, something must, but not the developer of either an
XMLSchema or a Relational schema.
--
Galen deForest Boyer
Received on Sun Mar 13 2005 - 20:03:03 CST
