- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:31:55 -0400
- To: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@geotempo.com>
- CC: xml-editor@w3.org, "xml-dev@xml.org" <xml-dev@xml.org>
Rick JELLIFFE wrote: > This would keep a basic XML implementation that did not support "character > validity" simple: > 1) it can use any library for transcoding > 2) it does not have to have any special BOM handling for utf16xe > 3) it can tokenize tags based on whitespace and delimiters rather than > NAMECHAR or NAMESTRT > 4) normalization not checked/enforced This goes well beyond the goals of XML 1.0 2nd ed, which is not meant to change radical things like your #3. It is simply a republication with the errata incorporated of XML 1.0. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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