Suggested addition to 3023bis for XML family specs

Further to our discussion on yesterday's call, here's my proposed new
appendix:

  B. Core XML specifications

  The following specifications each articulate key aspects of XML
  document semantics:

  * Namespaces in XML 1.0 [XMLNS10]/Namespaces in XML 1.1 [XMLNS11]
  * XML Information Set [Infoset]
  * xml:id [xml:id]
  * XML Base [XMLBase]
  * Associating Style Sheets with XML documents [XMLSS]
  * Associating Schemas with XML documents [XMLModel]

  The W3C Technical Architecture group has produced two documents which
  are also relevant: 

  * The Self-Describing Web [FYN] discusses the overall principles of
    how document semantics are determined on the Web.
  * Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One [AWWW], section
    4.5.4, discusses the specific role of XML Namespace documents in
    this process.

It would be referenced from the last para of section 3.1 [1], as
follows:

  Appendix B lists the core XML specifications which, taken together
  with [XML] itself, show how to determine an XML document's semantics
  at both the language level and the application level.

Feedback welcome.

ht

[1] http://www.w3.org/WWW/XML/2012/10/3023bis/draft-ietf-appsawg-xml-mediatypes-06_diff.html#rfc.section.3.1
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