Article:		W3C XML Schema Made Simple
Subject:		Ignorance is bliss!
Date:		2001-08-31 14:35:15
From:		Cathy Gregory
Yes, XML Schema can be easy to learn and use, but the author doesn't seem to have bothered to do so. He says to not use complex types then gives an example of one, but brushes off the <complexType> as just a placeholder. - Not using complex types would mean that your XML has one element containing text (no child elements or attributes and that's it! Throughout the article, his justifications for not using global/local declarations are false and much stems from his lack of understanding (elementFormDefault and attributeFormDefault). The same goes for most of his 'Do-Not-Uses'. Poor examples were used to justify poor understanding with the conclusion being 'do not use'. The following article is far better - thanks Donald. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/08/22/easyschema.html Cat G.

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