Re: [Xmldb-org-general] Modifying the XML:DB standard, question 1

[Uche O. <Uch...@fo...>]

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 00:18 +0200, Per Nyfelt wrote:
> I also think it is is important to not alienate existing implementers of the 
> API by introducing incompatible changes. Besides eXist and Xindice there are 
> several commercial vendors as well. On the other hand, there are several 
> extension to the API made by those vendors that I hope to see in the API 
> (XQuery support was the last one I added heavily inspired by eXist but it is 
> just an early draft). I would prefer extension, compatibility and deprecation 
> rather than incompatible changes whenever possible. Of your three choices 
> below I'm between 1 and 2 but closest to 2, especially if we can maintain 
> backward compatibility by deprecation rather than removal of functionality.

+1


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