Re: XML 1.1 backwards compatibility

More importantly the question we need to ask ourselves is what the actual
gain would be. As I understand the biggest hurdle in the way of XML 1.1
adoption has to do with the new characters in things like element names
which impacts other specifications such as XML Schemas. Fixing 1.1 to make
it backwards compatible with 1.0 would not change this so I don't think it
would really do anybody much good.
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Arnaud  Le Hors - IBM, On Demand Operating Environment Standards




Friday, February 18, 2005 12:03 PM
To: public-xml-core-wg@w3.org
cc:
From: Norman Walsh <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: XML 1.1 backwards compatibility



/ Richard Tobin <richard@inf.ed.ac.uk> was heard to say:
|> So what happens if we erratum/second edition the 1.1 spec so that
|> it allows the C1 control characters?
|
| We outrage the people who have already had to fix things once?

Shrug. I suppose. Nevermind.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                        norm

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Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM / XML Standards Architect / Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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