[tei-council] conformance draft

[Sebastian Rahtz]

James Cummings wrote:
> Other than painting ourselves into a corner, can you explain to me why this
> is such a bad thing?  Surely this customising can still be done with
> RELAXNG inside an ODD?
>   
Yes, but it is a pain. If all you want to do is have a RELAXNG
wrapper schema which imports 4 or 5 TEI modules, you
are forced to go through a klunky web service, or install
amateurish software locally. It makes an unncessary bottleneck.
>
>  TEI's
> liberality in allowing customisation is simultaneously its greatest
> strength and greatest barrier to mass-adoption. 
amen, bro...



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