- From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:09:36 +0100
- To: liam@w3.org
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, public-xml-er@w3.org
On Feb 15, 2012, at 20:59 , Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 16:29 +0100, Robin Berjon wrote: >> I added, >>> "Applications must be able to distinguish well-formed XML from >>> corrected-to-well-formed XML." - I hope it's OK. >> >> I'm less sure about this one. I see where you're coming from but I >> would hesitate to add it at the charter level where it becomes binding >> for all eternity. >> >> My concern is this: if they can be distinguished at the format level, >> then there's a risk that they might not be compatible. > > If one stream parses as XML and one doesn't, *someone* can distinguish > them. Ah, sorry, I misunderstood what you said as indicating that the two formats must make it possible (upfront) to indicate to an application which one is which. > I'm trying to make sure that we enable user agents to give warning > messages to developers and authors. Yes, that makes sense — I think we're in violent agreement. I suspect that Norm's rephrasing captures that. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
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