- From: Paul Grosso <pgrosso@arbortext.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:13:51 -0600
- To: www-tag@w3.org
At 17:44 2003 01 16 -0500, noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com wrote: >So, I'm not sure that the semantics of >"ignoring what you don't understand" are >as simple when you consider a system that >manipulates content as it flows through >the system. > >> The XMLP arguments for not wanting DTDs were >> very convincing, the arguments on PIs entirely >> unconvincing. Just my opinion of course. -Tim > >I agree that it's not an entirely clear-cut call >and that the case for no DTDs is more compelling. >I just don't think the "no PI" call is so obviously >evil as some seem to imply. Allowing them would >certainly add some complication to our processing >model. In what way can *always ignoring* the PIs be any different from the case where you never have any? That is, how can SOAP require an XML subset that forbids (i.e., does not include) PIs? paul
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