- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 23:38:39 -0500
- To: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
- CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>>I wonder how HyTime can break when used with XML when there is no >>current practise in the field? Same for DSSSL, or whatever other >>processor you have. > >Since XML is SGML (theoretically) we do have current practise. If you can define "SGML", I might agree with you. Fact is, that SGML is a large number of incompatible languages anyway. If you can define "SGML", then please look to see if XML is "SGML" as you define it. >SGML systems can be updated. It is better that they be updated to support >optional SGML features than proprietary W3C-XML features. The point is that we are only using SGML features... >>Why can't you have the preprocessor perform whitespace normalisation >as well? > >Because SGML has the whitespace handling behaviour that we want (other than >RS/RE). Really? Even in the face of *all* the tricks one could pull with an SGML declaration?
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