- From: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:12:12 +0000
- To: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
- Cc: public-ixml@w3.org
> I don't understand the new ordering of topics. In the old text, I see
> an attempt to describe the core cases and then special cases and
> optional features; in the new text I don't see the principle underlying
> the sequence of items.
1. Parse all the input. Options for different amounts of input.
Having parsed:
2. What to do with the standard unambiguous parse.
2a. What to do if the root is marked as an attribute.
(I'm not sure if this is the best place for this, but I put
it after the first mention of serialization; it could go after/in 5.
below).
3. What to do with an ambiguous parse.
4. What to do with a failed parse.
4a. Options when the failure was only because there was input left
over.
5. Form of the XML.
6. Note on parsing.
Steven
Received on Tuesday, 15 February 2022 11:12:31 UTC