- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:36:59 -0500 (EST)
- To: srn@techno.com (Steven R. Newcomb)
- Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
I must admit that I am amazed by the idea of a non-"portable" XML, in the sense of an XML whose documents would not be equipped so that they could survive technology change without recoding: such as the "death of URLs" or the "arrival of URNs." I use SGML for its portability and durability. An XML without this at its heart is in my mind severely wounded and will cause the market confusion that you describe: "It's SGML without the features! It's HTML without the simplicity!" Thus far the decisions we have made have all preserved this feature of SGML and I had presumed that it was also central to everyone else. Paul Prescod
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