- From: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:40:14 +0700
- To: Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net>
- Cc: MicroXML <public-microxml@w3.org>
On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net> wrote: > All the XML generation tools I've developed are complicated because of the many knobs required to cover XML. MicroXML would simplify such code. The only thing that I have found to be a major pain point for generation is namespaces, but they are a pain throughout XML processing. Most of the time the XML that various code I have written generates would conform to MicroXML. (This, I remember now, is why my drafts have allowed > in attribute values: so that exisiting XML toolchains would usually generate MicroXML output if given MicroXML input.) But perhaps your tools are fancier than mine. > I see no reason why a goal cannot mention both, e.g.: > > MicroXML shall support the use of text editors for authoring, and shall also make automated generation of MicroXML simpler than XML. I don't think it's helpful to combine these two goals: they have quite different implications. I am not sure that automated generation is something that MicroXML will simplify any more than it simplifies XML processing generally. James
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