Re: XML within XML - includes, transcludes, whatever

If you have a tightly integrated group of programmers you have power to
enforce standards, but in a group as varied as "all internet programmers
using XML" it is wise to expect a wide range of input quality.

In the context of a complex document made up of fragments from different
parties, it makes sense to validate the fragments separately.

- Lucas Gonze


On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Daniel Barclay wrote:

> Gavin Thomas Nicol wrote:
> > 
> ...
> > I think there is a good case to be made for deferred validation...
> > and with the internet, the general rule is "be strict in what you
> > generate, liberal in what you accept" anyway.
> 
> That rule was for human-readable pages.  
> 
> I wouldn't expect it to apply to many XML applications, which don't have 
> the same level of error recovery capabilities. 
> 
> 
> Daniel
> -- 
> Daniel Barclay
> Digital Focus
> Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com
> 
> 

Received on Thursday, 2 November 2000 12:27:10 UTC