- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:07:57 -0500 (EST)
- To: dgd@cs.bu.edu (David Durand)
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
> I find the dependence between empty element declarations and DTDs > inconvenient even in regular SGML -- Looking at a document in an unfamiliar > DTD is a minefiled until one has internalized the element definitions -- so > I don't even regard the EMPTY suntax of XML as a "notorious wart" but > rather an "examplary improvement". I agree strongly. I also feel that it is better to require less metadata to get a simple XML document up and running, rather than more. Paul Prescod
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