Thanks for the clarification.  I'm afraid I'm still working out what 
conclusions to draw!!!

Pete.
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----- Original Message From: "Bryce Nesbitt"


>
> The original poster (that's me) was drawing an analogy between Java and
> XML, perhaps a little unfair.  In the Java world packages outside the
> core get an "x" in their name (for "experimental" or "extended") until
> they are eventually folded into the core.
>
> For XML enums it might look like this.  Imagine an enumeration
> containing "schwinn", "huffy" and "specialized", then:
>
>    <vendor>specialized</vendor>
>    <vendor>heffy</vendor>
>    <vendor>Schwinn</vendor>
>    <vendor enum_extension="true">breezer</vendor>
>
> when validated "heffy" would be invalid, but "breezer" is clearly marked
> as existing outside the predefined list of bicycle manufacturers.
>
>
>
> Pete Cordell wrote:
>>
>> Gee, thanks.  Believe it or not I had already tried that, but it didn't
>> actually give me any additional insight into what the OP was suggesting.
>> About as useful as suggesting:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=computer+science&btnG=Google+Search
>
>
> 



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