[xquery-talk] Re: The State of Native XML databases

[bryan rasmussen]

> No. One looks like an xs:date. The other is indicated to be an xs:date
> by some schema. However that does not make it an xs:date. It merely
> means one process using that schema chooses to see it that way. Other
> processes may use different schemas (or no schema at all) and see it a
> different way.
>
I'm sorry but by this definition it sounds like there could never be
an element that IS an xs:date only elements that look like xs;dates,
is this really your opinion on the matter?

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen