- From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:02:22 -0400
- To: "Rushforth, Peter" <Peter.Rushforth@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca>
- Cc: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>, "public-xmlhypermedia@w3.org" <public-xmlhypermedia@w3.org>
On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 14:06 +0000, Rushforth, Peter wrote: > Not sure what the appropriate term might be. Semantics is very heavily overloaded. > Grammar doesn't seem to completely fit. "Syntax and semantics" might do. > XML, like other media types on the web, is defined by its media type registration: > http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect-20060412#media-type No, the media type registration is intended to describe how XML is transmitted in MIME-compliant systems, including over HTTP. It is not the authoritative definition of XML itself, that of course is at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml
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