- From: David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:03:20 -0700
- To: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>, <www-tag@w3.org>
Which version of the root element, and what about all the embedded versioned material? Great question, and I support fully self-describing XML documents. Cheers, Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] > On Behalf Of Dave Pawson > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:55 AM > To: www-tag@w3.org > Subject: Re: should CSS, HTML, etc. documents bear version > information? (XMLVersioning-41?) > > > On 01/04/07, Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> wrote: > > > > This has "classification" ramifications (this is XHTML > Basic, this > > > is XHTML + MathML) and "versioning" ramifications (this is XHTML > > > Basic 1.0, while *this* used XHTML Basic 1.1). > > > > Such classification and versioning has yet to prove useful > in any way > > whatsoever. They have in fact proven to be actively harmful to the > > web by creating "walled gardens", particularly in the mobile market. > > > > > Does it always matter from a validation perspective what the > > > producer intended? No. Not *always*. > > > > Validation seems to be the only remotely valid argument put > forth in > > favour of versioning, > > Downstream processing of xml content requires validation and > hence versioning to assure the processor that the content > being worked is as expected. > > Data without use seems of little value. > > When archived XML is pulled from storage, how will it be > processed without guesswork if it's lineage is unknown? By > guessing from the root element? > > > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > >
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