- From: Digitome Ltd. <sean@digitome.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 18:38:17 +0100
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
[Andrew Layman] > The whole point of XML is to have an > infinitely-extensible, self-describing syntax that allows the structure > of a document to be determined by a very simple, regular parser. > Pointing out that structural limitations in public XML can be solved by > private hacks just gets us farther away from this goal. If we keep "extending" the syntactic power of XML we likewise extend the complexity of the parser. A "simple, regular parser" only works on "simple regular data". You cannot increase the power of one without the other. For what its worth I think XML (well XML-Lang actually) is already too complex and would have preferred a lot less syntax that we currently have. We are on a slippery slope with empty tags - on the way to pushing XML up the hill to the point where it will become fully fledged SGML:-( If you need this power use SGML now! Lets not make the mistake of reinventing it with XML. Sean Sean Mc Grath sean@digitome.com Digitome Electronic Publishing http://www.digitome.com
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