Re: Pycoon?

On Nov 15, 2003, at 12:55 PM, Kimbro Staken wrote:

> There is also nothing that prevents using a constraining schema 
> language around the edges. For instance you can certainly validate the 
> document before you put it in Syncato. Of course it will probably 
> never validate again because syncato will stick an id attribute in the 
> root node and a pubDate element as a child of the root. So if you 
> really want  a system that will enforce the schema Syncato won't be 
> it.

Oh, on this:

I take it this is flexible, though?  For example, the metadata schema I 
am interested in allows for these data to be coded; there's an ID 
attribute on the root node (as well as on others as well), and there 
are a variety of ways to code dates.  However, I would likely already 
have the ID value coded.*

Also, one of the ideas I was kicking around was to separate out the 
metadata records (which must conform to this schema) from the notes 
that may be linked to them (where structure/validity is really only 
important to the degree I can run consistent queries and 
transformations on the data).

Bruce

* Typically when dealing with bib data one wants an easily remembered 
citation key; something like Smith1999a.  So, at least currently, I am 
attaching this value to the ID attribute.  The schema I am interested 
in also would allow me to code the same data like so and leave the root 
ID attribute uncoded:

<identifier type="citekey">Smith1999a</identifier>

Bruce



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