On Thu, 24 Oct 96 14:08:08 CDT, Michael Sperberg-McQueen <U35395@UICVM.UIC.EDU> wrote: >On 30 October 1996, the ERB will vote to decide the following >question. A straw poll indicates the question needs further >discussion in the work group. > >D.1 What behavior should XML systems exhibit if no DTD, or only a >partial DTD, is given with a document? In particular, should there >be a way to distinguish a document instance for which a DTD exists >but is not given from an instance for which no DTD exists? Every XML document should have a DOCTYPE declaration that specifies a DTD, just as in SGML. However, an XML PI or other means should be used to indicate whether the instance can be parsed without reference to the DTD. -- 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, 25 October 1996 17:36:45 EDT
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