- From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:14:41 +0100
- To: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
- Cc: public-microxml <public-microxml@w3.org>
> For this reason, I would suggest that we start > something ultra-small and then add to it only if we get consensus. Agreed, there's no point creating something that gets simplified again. > - empty element tags eg <foo/> > - comments empty elements and comments are essential, however: > - bare DOCTYPE declaration eg <!DOCTYPE html> > - namespaces/prefixes on elements/attributes > - processing instructions ...could all be dropped imho. > Note that all of these features have implications for the data model > and/or HTML5-friendliness. What is the benefit of HTML5 friendliness? I see this more for the back end used in all the places xml is used now - config files, simple data storage, simple messages etc -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com
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