Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - RE: [xml-dev] Instances changing their type [was:Discover data patterns or Create data patterns?] [Thread Next] RE: [xml-dev] Instances changing their type [was:Discover data patterns or Create data patterns?]To: "'Michael Kay'" <mike@--------.--->, "'Mukul Gandhi'" <gandhi.mukul@-----.---> Date: 9/21/2008 11:05:00 PM "identity should be orthogonal to type" Yes. len From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@s...] I believe the motto used by Bill Kent (one of the IRIS designers) was "identity should be orthogonal to type". It's one of those brilliant ideas that for some reason never became mainstream and will probably be relaunched by Microsoft as a sensational innovation in about 20 years' time. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ | ||||||
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