RE: XML within XML - includes, transcludes, whatever

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Barclay [mailto:Daniel.Barclay@digitalfocus.com]
> Sent: 02 November 2000 16:56
> To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
> Subject: Re: XML within XML - includes, transcludes, whatever
> 
> 
> 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.  

That rule has long been the mantra of protocol designers everywhere.

> 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


Stuart Williams
HP Labs, Bristol.

Received on Thursday, 2 November 2000 13:28:45 UTC