- From: Len Bullard <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:13:48 -0600
- To: Peter@ursus.demon.co.uk
- CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Peter Murray-Rust wrote: > > I have just completed a preliminary distribution kit for my XML/CML > browser JUMBO (Java Universal Markup Browser for Objects) and you are > welcome to have a play. The points relevant to the WG are: > The main point is that I thought that XML was a subset of SGML and 5 > minutes with vi would fix the files. Not so. I think people will not > be very happy to have to have two version of files for entity sets. I > suspect there will be a real need for tools that 'convert SGML to XML'. [snip] > A general conclusion is that you will need to give a good deal of help > to people who want to convert from SGML. There are bits which aren't obvious > and bits which you might expect to be there and aren't. This conversion is > not just the document instances, it's the whole lot. (This isn't meant > to sound negative... but it will be even harder for PhaseII). That is bad news. If XML is a complete break with SGML, then there is trouble ahead. The San Diego conference could have some rough moments if the attendees are knowledgeable. len
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