<XML:SCRIPT>

David Megginson (david@megginson.com)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:46:20 -0400

[The original was cross-posted to the DOM mailing list as well.]

Frank Boumphrey writes:

> With the XML DOM coming along, will there be any way to include a
> scripting language in an XML document using a reserved tag such
> as:-
>
> <XML:SCRIPT LANGUAGE="XSCRIPT">
>
> Not that XSCRIPT exists yet!

I don't know if it would be possible to come up with something
generalised enough for the majority of possible XML document types and
applications, and in general, it's better to keep code separate from
documents (whatever the format) -- Word macro viruses alone should
serve as a sufficiently cautionary tale on that point.

All the best,

David

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