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Re: why distinctions within XHTML?

• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: "XML-Dev Mailing list" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:31:12 -0400 (EDT)

Ann Navarro writes:

 > >I used the PSGML editor to create dozens of XHTML documents that
 > >conformed to the last working draft, and even though there was just
 > >one XHTML Namespace in that draft, my editor still would not let me
 > >insert a <font> element in a strict-flavoured document.
 > 
 > So we don't have a problem, do we? 
 > 
 > Did it *fail* when you had three namespaces? 

No, but that's hardly the point: it's the processing side that runs
into trouble with three Namespaces, not the authoring side.  Both
figuratively and literally, it's a lot easier to produce crap than it
is to consume it.


All the best,


David

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• References:
  • Re: why distinctions within XHTML?
    • From: Ann Navarro <ann@w...>
  • Re: NAMESPACES: expressing commonality or distinction
    • From: Ann Navarro <ann@w...>
  • NAMESPACES: expressing commonality or distinction
    • From: "James Tauber" <jtauber@j...>
  • why distinctions within XHTML?
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: why distinctions within XHTML?
    • From: David Megginson <david@m...>
  • Re: why distinctions within XHTML?
    • From: Ann Navarro <ann@w...>

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