Re: MicroXML design goals

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>wrote:

> > I propose that the next iteration MicroXML draft cover just xml:lang and
> > xml:space.  I don't want to discard xml:id and xml:base
>
> I don't see the need for any xml: attributes... they really aren't
> needed in an ultra simple format.
>
> If a consumer needs the features those attributes provide, they should
> just use xml.
>

I guess this is where I put on my selfish hat. I do want to use xml:lang,
and to a lesser extent xml:space, but I do not want to pay the full cost of
XML to do so.  Furthermore, I think as John points out, that we *are*
including users such as me when we say MicroXML should support the document
style.

If you remove xml:base and xml:id, I think coverage of the other two in
John's draft is less than half a page.  It's hard to see that as an
excessive complication.


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