Re: XML Validity and DTD dependance from Rich Salz on 2005-04-22 (public-xml-core-wg@w3.org from April 2005)

From: Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:08:59 -0400 (EDT)
To: Richard Tobin <richard@inf.ed.ac.uk>
cc: "public-xml-core-wg@w3.org" <public-xml-core-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0504212305210.26224-100000@smtp.datapower.com>

> Conformance to the DTD is what XML validity is all about.

There seems to be an inheritent conflict then.  XML validity needs a
DTD, but DTD's aren't practical (to be gentle) with namespaces, and
namespaces are used a lot.  Something in that triangle has to give, no?

How about this?
        I give you a document with a DTD and say "it's valid XML."

Why can't I do that?  Why do I have to give you a DTD?

        /r$

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Rich Salz                  Chief Security Architect
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