Re: Fwd: I18N Last call comments on Schema Part 2

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen wrote:

> A schema language cannot change 
> the fact that the control characters not allowed in XML 1.0 serve primarily
> functions which have been rendered obsolete by changes in data transmission
> practices or data base management systems.

The characters are not obsolete.  ^Z, ^D, ^S, ^Q, ^C are all dangerous
characters to have in any data sent to terminals (e.g, telnet sessions,
such as the one I am using now) or through pipes for stream-based
processing.  

Rick Jelliffe