- From: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:33:08 -0500 (EST)
- To: pflynn@curia.ucc.ie
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
Peter Flynn <pflynn@curia.ucc.ie> wrote: > Have you included stuff from the MicroSoft DTD? What I'm > envisioning is an EVERYTHING.DTD with anything any client has > implemented *and*(/or) has been documented (/proposed) formally > (via a public DTD), fitted together so that it all fits together > if it can, such that any other client could implement any or all > of it rationally, and any provider could include any combination > in a document instance and pass that to a validator. > >Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to do, except I'm leaving out >cruft like PLAINTEXT, XMP, LISTING, NEXTID and so on. But I guess it >could go back in. I just didn't want a dumbed-down version that was >crippling itself by being backward compatible to _that_ extent... Why not put out a first draft based on you own best judgment, and invite feedback at that point (when we have it all there to read and think about)? Fote ========================================================================= Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research MACRIDES@SCI.WFBR.EDU 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 =========================================================================
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