[Biojava-l] request/proposal for change to BlastLike DTD

[Wiepert, Mathieu]

Simon,

That's a good point.  Working in what feels like a vacuum sometimes, I
forget that other people have different needs than mine ;-).  I don't see
why we can have both in the CVS tree though, as long as they are equal, then
it is up to the user I suppose.  And then eventually phase out the DTD.
Schemas just have so much more to offer in the long run, at least IMHO.  

Thanks,
-Mat

Mathieu Wiepert
Medical Information Resources
Mayo Foundation
(507) 266-2317
wiepert.mathieu@mayo.edu

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Simon Brocklehurst [mailto:simon.brocklehurst@CambridgeAntibody.com]

Sent:	Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:51 AM
To:	Wiepert, Mathieu
Cc:	BioJava List
Subject:	Re: [Biojava-l] request/proposal for change to BlastLike DTD



"Wiepert, Mathieu" wrote:

> Simon,
>         Awhile ago you had mentioned changing from the DTD to a schema.
> Have you put any work into that?  Schema is now a w3C recommendation, so
we
> should probably move over to that soon.  I did try a simple conversion
from
> the DTD to schema with XML Spy, but that did not work, and I didn't pursue
> it.

Mat,

My *preference* is to move to Schema as soon as people are comfortable with
that.  If that time is now, let's do it.  But I don't have a problem if not
-
DTDs work fine for the particular XML format we have here.

S.
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