- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 08:16:55 BST
- To: Charles@SGMLsource.com
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Charles writes > It seems like the two Pauls are agreeing that > > 1. XML has to be easy for SGML editors (and word-processor add-ons) > to generate and for arbitrary browsers to read. We needn't worry > about XML-only editors or dedicated XML browsers because there > won't be any. > > 2. The browsers need to be able to work without accessing a DTD. > > Is that correct? > -- I'm still holding out for 2'. The browsers (not the editors) need to be able to work without accessing a full DTD. Absence of optional information about content model type implies absence of empty elements and uniform treatment of whitespace. Absence of optional information about attributes implies no CONREFs or implicit defaults. Servers which provide such information and clients who use it are strongly preferred. Servers which intentionally serve documents WITH e.g. empty elements or absent default attributes WITHOUT the necessary relevant information, and clients which do the wrong thing (as opposed to politely declining to play) when BOTH ARE present, are strictly non-conforming. ht
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