Re: Namespaces and XML validation

Simon St.Laurent (SimonStL@classic.msn.com)
Tue, 11 Aug 98 01:05:29 UT


Murray Altheim writes:
>Unfortunately, I do not believe
>compatibility with XML 1.0 validation is on the minds of all participants
>and see a schism arising: XML 1.0 compatible, and XML-subset compatible.

And Peter Murray-Rust writes:
>Subset?

Have to admit, I'm falling toward the subset camp. I talk a lot about 'simple
XML', which is just the instance syntax without declarations of any kind
except the XML one of course. I tried writing about the layer in between that
and what I consider the 'meat' of validation, elements and attributes, and
can't say I was happy, though I completed the exercise.

I'll stick with XML 1.0 - all this time figuring out its quirks, and I'll
still admit to liking it - but I can certainly understand why a lot of people
could get along with just a subset. I'd have been a lot more comfortable with
a three layer spec, for

-instance syntax
-structural declarations
-minimization declarations

But I can always pray for that next time around.

Simon St.Laurent
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