Re: XML, HTML, SGML, life, the universe, and everything

W. Eliot Kimber wrote:
> 
> I think what needs to be done is to define a grove plan for XML.  Given
> such a grove plan, it is then meaningful to say something like "using the
> XML grove plan, an XML document parsed by an SGML parser shall produce a
> grove identical to the grove produced by an XML grove construction process
> using the same grove plan."

[snip]

> This would certainly provide a more precise definition than "ESIS".

This is emminently sensible.  Accepting the grove concept would
certainly 
make the other pieces we need to consider easier to specify as well. 
ESIS 
has been a weakly defined concept for some time and has not given us the 
required precision in many cases.  That is why we have heard the term 
"beyondESIS" or "superESIS" too often.  I think this also establishes 
a precedent that will serve the W3C members well in other applications 
and language work if adopted.

What are the objections?

len

Received on Monday, 11 November 1996 18:43:59 UTC