Re: XML namespaces on the Web

2009/11/16 Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>:
> Moreover something what is appropriate for web -- non-draconian error
> handling and error recovery -- is not necessary appropriate for other
> domains -- if you use XML for business data interchange draconian error
> handling makes much more sense.

Parsers could be permitted to use draconian error handling at user
request.  Then groups that don't want it don't have to have it, while
groups that want it can have it.  The current situation gives us no
standardized XML-like data format without draconian error-handling.
This is a problem unless HTML is really the only use-case for
non-draconian error-handling, which I think is very unlikely.  For
instance, I've been told some widely-used RSS readers have seen fit to
implement error recovery -- which must currently be completely
non-interoperable because of the lack of standardization here.

Received on Monday, 16 November 2009 18:50:54 UTC