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Re: XML vrs SGML tools [was Re: Capitalizing on HTML (was ...)]

From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:16:50 -0400
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19960920131650.00c2171c@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 02:17 AM 9/20/96 GMT, Charles F. Goldfarb wrote:
>It seems like the two Pauls are agreeing that 

I can only speak for me. =)

>1. XML has to be easy for SGML editors (and word-processor add-ons) to generate
>and for  arbitrary browsers to read. 

Right. That's why I'm worried about this RS/RE correction proposal. I don't
think today's SGML editors will support it. Otherwise, the proposal is quite
elegant and simple.

>We needn't worry about XML-only editors or
>dedicated XML browsers because there won't be any. 

I would word this a little differently: "We can't _depend_ on XML-only
editors or dedicated XML browsers because there MAY NOT be any." (especially
in the short term)

>2. The browsers need to be able to work without accessing a DTD.

Exactly!

 Paul Prescod
Received on Friday, 20 September 1996 09:21:52 EDT

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