Re: 14 Discourage the use of some or all name characters from XML 5e, Appendix J from Michael Kay on 2012-09-23 (public-microxml@w3.org from September 2012)

From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:11:07 +0100
To: public-microxml@w3.org
Message-ID: <505F970B.5060107@saxonica.com>

On 23/09/2012 23:48, John Cowan wrote:
> I think we should consider adding a sentence or two specifying characters
> whose use is discouraged in XML names.

I see very little merit in putting paternalistic advice and guidance 
into a specification.

Apart from anything else, it's ineffective: the people who most need the 
advice are the people least likely to be reading the spec.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

Received on Sunday, 23 September 2012 23:11:30 UTC