- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@eps.inso.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:36:35 -0400
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>Consider a proxy server that performs code conversion without rewritting >the PI. Consider a WWW browser or robot that does not understand XML. >Such browsers or robots certainly exist now and will not disappear in >the near future. If they save a transfered XML document in a file, >the header information will disappear and the PI will remain incorrect. >Then, an XML parser is likely to fail. Precisely why I way that we must rely on HTTP header. I'm starting to think that Rick's proposal of requiring servers to remove the PI is a good idea. I have argued for treating the PI as a header a number of times, or using an alternate header syntax. If we formalise it's role as a header, then it should be possible to strip it without altering checksums of documents etc. but unfortunately, it also include RMD and VERSION...
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