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Re: Layers, again (was Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation)

• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:08:20 -0400 (EDT)

Simon St.Laurent writes:

 > In other words, we're stuck, should wait for schemas, and should
 > discontinue use of DTDs in systems where namespaces may be
 > important?  (And I mean namespaces, not namespace prefixes.)

No -- it shouldn't matter whether Namespaces are important or not.
You should discontinue using DTDs where you don't care about the
specific prefixes used, since you're not buying yourself anything by
using them when you don't care about the XML 1.0 layer.


All the best,


David

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    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation
    • From: David Carlisle <davidc@n...>
  • Layers, again (was Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation)
    • From: David Megginson <david@m...>
  • Re: Layers, again (was Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation)
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: Layers, again (was Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation)
    • From: David Brownell <david-b@p...>
  • Re: Layers, again (was Re: fixing (just) namespaces and validation)
    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>

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