[tei-council] Comments on getting started

[Laurent Romary]

I am exactly on the same line (and indeed, one need to know the XML  
syntaxt to start toying with ODD documents...).
Laurent

Le 29 août 08 à 13:15, Arianna Ciula a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> Peter Boot wrote:
>>> Contents
>>> "We explain RELAX using the XML syntax, and mention the existence of
>>> the compact syntax." This should be discussed further. In my
>>> experience the syntax of DTDs or Relax NG compact is easier to  
>>> grasp,
>>> and better to use for the very first example of how schema rules
>>> constrain a document.
>>
>> I always felt that
>>     <oneOrMore> ... </oneOrMore>
>> is much more intuitive than
>>    ( ... )+
>>
>> Other opinions?
>
> I strongly agree with you Peter and I also believe that for someone  
> that
> is starting to get a deeper grasp of XML, the RNG XML syntax should
> become easier to understand or at least fit into the overall  
> paradigm of
> the GS training, while the introduction of a new syntax could be
> perceived as yet another thing to learn and therefore a further  
> obstacle.
>
> Arianna
>
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