- From: Len Bullard <cbullard@HiWAAY.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:48:07 -0500
- To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Tim Bray wrote: > > Clearly this makes it harder to treat existing SGML documents with PI's as > XML... which raises an important point: we've been focusing on building > XML to encourage a flood of *new* documents out of proprietary formats > into descriptive markup; should we be worried about supporting the existing > SGML legacy base? I think not, but it's a valid question. I don't think we have to directly. As long as we are 8879-legal, I have no problems with filtering mechanisms here. It is already the common practice. We can safely say, I believe, that XML was designed to enable efficient implementation and use of SGML online. Mileage depends on terrain. In this statement, all SGML applications are treated equally. That is, XML doesn't favor or disfavor HTML, 28001, TEI, on and on. We cannot go down the path of ensuring backward compatibiity where application-specific features have been introduced. len bullard
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