Re: MicroXML design goals

James Clark scripsit:

> How so? Our compatibility requirements relate to XML 1.0 only, not XML
> 1.0 + XML Namespaces.

True.  But the claim that we are using XML syntax in order to allow the
XML toolchain to operate on our documents loses much of its rhetorical
force if we allow documents to violate the namespace rules.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow it, necessarily.  It's just a factor
in the choice.

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Received on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 15:23:51 UTC