- From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:06:19 -0800 (PST)
- To: Juergen Reuter <reuterj@ira.uka.de>
- cc: WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>, jjh@ira.uka.de
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Juergen Reuter wrote: >... > 3. The xml code in the examples in chapter 8 of [WebDAV] should, if I > understand right, be compliant with the syntax specified in > appendix 1. Section 2.8 of [XML] says: > "An XML document is valid if it has an associated document type > declaration and if the document complies with the constraints > expressed in it." > Without supplying a DTD, the document can only be checked for > well-formedness, which does not seem to help very much for > real-life applications. Hence, I would expect the xml code of > the examples in chapter 8 of [WebDAV] to begin as follows or > the like: Wow. I didn't realize that IE5 and Office 2000 were not "real-life applications." After all, they don't check against a DTD. <SarcasmOff/> I've been able to implement a DAV server without the "benefit" of a DTD. Works great. Many other people have done servers, too. There aren't so many clients, but they all work very well. All without the benefit of a DTD. The rest of your email was great.... But I had to say something about your supposition. It just isn't true that a DTD is required or even needed. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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