Re: RFC: Simple XML Event-Based API for Java

Peter Murray-Rust (peter@ursus.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:17:14

At 14:03 17/12/97 -0500, David Megginson wrote:
[...]
>
> > > public void
> > > processingInstruction (XmlProcessor processor, String target,
String data);
>
>I disagree -- processing instructions are an essential part of a
>document (especially for architectural forms).
>

I'd tend to agree on keeping PIs in as well. Both Lark and lfred do them at
present. They are used in namespaces (which JUMBO is able to do something
with) and there are also other local uses.

It's going great :-)

P.

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