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[OT] Warning: Perl content (Score:2)

by htoug (771)

write a program that deduced an XML Schema from a large bunch of XML documents in under thirty minutes :)
Could you extract the central ideas of that and possibly upload it as a module. I am forced to use XML-Schema at work, and would love to have more perl tools for it.
Yes I know that it is a mess. To quote Andy Wardley:
My conclusion, after spending nearly 6 months working on it, is that it is an utter bastard of a specification written by a committee of Java XML product vendors. 200+ pages of twisted
- Re:[OT] Warning: Perl content (Score:2)
  
  by Dom2 (2981) <{dom} {at} {happygiraffe.net}> on 2003.08.27 4:09 (#23549) Homepage Journal
  
  Heh, XML Schema reminds me of a quote I found the other day somewhere on Peter Gutmans home page. It was talking about SSL and PKI:
  The X509 specification was invented by the ecommerce department of the ministry of silly walks
  
  I get the impression that XML Schema was designed in much the same manner...
  
  -Dom
  
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