Re: XML processor profiles comment from XML Core WG

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John Cowan writes:

> My main concern is that the list of recommended profiles looks quite
> arbitrary: why these and no others?  A further concern is with the
> term "recommended": recommended for what purpose?  I would be happier
> if you just labeled them Profile I to Profile IV, or something of the
> sort.  Detaching this from its context makes it seem as if Profile IV
> is exactly what the well-respected XML parser author ought to provide
> nowadays, and it's far from clear that that's true.

Speaking with my spec. editor hat on, please expand on your last
sentence.  What _do_ you think the "well-respected XML parser author
ought to provide nowadays", and why?

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