Re: VOTable session @ Interop.Moscow

From: Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:29:39 +0100

Mark Taylor wrote:
> But I feel strongly (as do other people who have voiced an opinion
> on that in this thread) that asking whether certain particular bits
> of software, whether TOPCAT or XML binding tools or something else,
> can be expected or made to work with a given schema feature is not
> the right way to decide what the schema should look like.

I agree, "fixing" the standard to work round broken toolsets is a dumb idea. Either fix the toolsets or use different tools. It's especially dumb when these tools are code generation tools, we're supposed to modify the standard because people are being lazy? If there is a vote, I vote no.

Al. Received on 2006-09-22Z11:30:19