> I'd like to announce the posting of an unofficial and incomplete =
proposal for=20
> the representation of XML DTDs as XML documents at:
>=20
> http://members.aol.com/simonstl/xml=20
>=20
I think one thing that has gotten lost in the discussion as to whether =
Simon's=20
proposal is even implementable is the usefulness of it if it is. It =
will always=20
be the case that more people are interested in the data in XML documents =
than in=20
the DTDs. Hence, the number of tools available for exploring the data =
and the=20
standards relating to these tools (e.g. SAX and DOM) will always be =
greater than=20
those relating to DTDs. Simon's proposal, assuming it can be realized, =
erases=20
this difference, which is exceedingly useful to those of us who want to =
explore=20
DTDs. While I think something like XML-Data is needed in the long run =
for data=20
type description and so on, I agree with Simon that a less ambitious =
subset is=20
very useful in the short run.
-- Ron Bourret