[relaxng-user] RNC and repeatedPrimary

[Eric van der Vlist]

Hi Jeff,

On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 18:29, Jeff Rafter wrote:

> I am sure there is a good reason, I am sure I am missing something obvious-- 
> I have just always wondered.

If the compact syntax seems immediately natural to many users that's
because it has borrowed well known pieces of syntax to programming
languages such as Java and Python and to the DTDs. Thus, I'd say that
one of the reasons (if not the only one) is to follow the syntax of the
DTDs.

My 0.02 Euros.

Eric
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