- From: Jon Bosak <bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:12:32 -0700
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
- CC: bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM
[Charles Goldfarb:] | >A well-formed XML document without a DTD describes a logical tree of | >arbitrary depth. HTML does not, unless you overload the DIV tag in | >ways that are horrible to contemplate. This is a difference. | | But not enough to win out against "HTML with user extensions via style | sheet". To teach the value of "a logical tree of arbitrary depth" we | need to teach the value of structure and document types. There is a difference between the concept of structure and the concept of document types. They are both valuable concepts, but they are not joined at the liver. | This case is weakened significantly if we don't require DTDs and offer | the possibility of validation of all XML documents. There is a difference between requiring DTDs and making it possible to validate XML documents. | We needn't (shouldn't) require validation at rendition time, but there | should always be a DTD that can be accessed for editing and/or | validation. Without it, XML won't be a sufficient improvement on HTML | to win a significant market. Based on my experience with the HTML market and the applications that HTML will soon be called upon to support, I disagree. Jon
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