should accept XML 1.0

Section 2.8 of the XML 1.1 PR states:

XML 1.1 processors should accept XML 1.0 documents as well.

I think this should be strengthened to a must. That is,

XML 1.1 processors must accept XML 1.0 documents as well.

Failing to accept XML 1.0 documents would be a disaster for interoperability.
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   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   elharo@metalab.unc.edu
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA

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