Re: online conversion support from xsd to rng?

[Chong Yidong]

address@hidden writes:

> This could presumably be run online somewhere and provide the needed
> service for Emacs, more conveniently than having to install the program
> locally. (Trang is a free software Java program compilable with GCJ)
>
> This raises a number of questions:
>
> - do we want Emacs to have this type of facility at all? (I would say
> yes, provided we solve a number of problems)
>
> - how do we ensure this backend(and future other backends) are free
> software?
>
> - what would the backend interface look like? Maybe we could generate
> ELPA packages on the fly?

Why can't we simply include every common schema in etc/schema/?  That
directory haven't been updated (AFAICT) since 23.1, so if you want to
update and/or add to it, please feel free (we just need the
specification to be free; see etc/schema/README).