- From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 07:54:09 +0100
- To: Peter@ursus.demon.co.uk, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 10:41 20/4/97 GMT, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: >My concern is that if the message goes out that XML is as tolerant of errors >as HTML and makes best guesses, we can forget about precise passage of >information. Since it will be most people's first conscious contact with SGML >(other than HTML, where they don't realise this) if an XML system breaks >on them, they won't get a very good impression of SGML. Maybe that doesn't >matter... There is a difference between loss of markup and loss of data. Whilst both consititute information, no data should be discarded just because there is an error in a piece of markup. XML should at very least retain the following data as part of the last validly opened element. ---- Martin Bryan, The SGML Centre, Churchdown, Glos. GL3 2PU, UK Phone/Fax: +44 1452 714029 WWW home page: http://www.sgml.u-net.com/
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