On Fri, 18 Oct 96 10:07:47 CDT, Michael Sperberg-McQueen <U35395@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU> wrote: >At the very least, when we adopt rules not on their technical merits but >solely to preserve compatibility with 8879, even in cases where 8879's >rule is now generally conceded to be a Bad Thing, I think the spec >should introduce the feature with the phrase "For compatibility >reasons ... " -- as in "For compatibility reasons, the string '--' >(double hyphen) is not allowed within comments." WG8 members can then >read the XML spec with a clear idea of where an XML rule was adopted >because it seemed a good one, and where it was adopted solely for >the sake of compatibility with 8879:1986 and will gladly be changed >when the revision sets things right. I think this is an excellent idea. -- Charles F. Goldfarb * Information Management Consulting * +1(408)867-5553 13075 Paramount Drive * Saratoga CA 95070 * USA International Standards Editor * ISO 8879 SGML * ISO/IEC 10744 HyTime Prentice-Hall Series Editor * CFG Series on Open Information Management --Received on Friday, 18 October 1996 15:47:05 EDT
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