Re: Maturity of XML

Karl Dubost proposed :

>         Authors and Web developers, wishing to use XML on the
>         Web, are encouraged to create quality control
>         preempting publication. The draconian error handling
>         rules of XML push Web developers to have a strict
>         quality control process before publishing. Every
>         inputs by user in the publishing workflow will have
>         to be properly checked and validated.

I really don't think this comes within our aegis at all.  We
are the HTML working group -- what gives us the right to advise
others on the potential benefits or pitfalls of XML ?

Philip Taylor