Re: Suggested addition to 3023bis for XML family specs

Paul Grosso writes:

>>    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.
>>
>
> My concern here is that the above sentence appears to say
> that the given list of specifications is sufficient to
> determine all the document's application level semantics,
> and that is not true.  No list can determine all the
> application level semantics for all applications (including
> applications not yet envisioned).
>
> I'd like to see a rewording that makes it clear that we
> aren't suggesting either that the given list is exhaustive
> or that any list could be exhaustive in determining all
> application level semantics.

Good point, and I had meant to avoid that, but obviously failed to do
so.

How about

    Appendix B lists the core XML specifications which, taken together
    with [XML] itself, show how to determine an XML document's
    language-level semantics and suggest how information about its
    application level semantics may be locatable.

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