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Re: ANN: SAX 2.0 extension proposals.

• From: David Brownell <david-b@p...>
• To: Ken MacLeod <ken@b...>
• Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:57:37 -0800

Ken MacLeod wrote:
> 
> David Megginson <david@m...> writes:
> 
> > David Brownell writes:
> >
> >  > I don't know about configuration file, but it does seem
> >  > appropriate to say that every SAX parser should come with
> >  > basic documentation including:
> >  >
> >  >    - SAX2 features/modes supported
> >  >    - default settings for those modes
> >  >    - SAX2 properties supported
> >  >
> >  > Of course I think conformance statements for XML would
> >  > be appropriate too.
> >
> > I agree with all of this, but I'm not sure how to enforce it.  Would
> > community pressure be enough?

I think so, but having an "expected format" would probably help.


> This sounds like a small twist on Sean McGrath's XML Features Manifest
> (XFM) idea.

Got a URL?


> If we come up with a list of characterists, it'd be easy to codify
> that in an XML.  Then it doesn't matter if that fragment of XML comes
> _with_ the package (parser) or supplied by users to a web page
> dedicated to them (e.g. no enforcement is necessary).

Actually I don't care if it's codified in XML or not, so long as it's
also available in mortal-readable form.  I really do see this as basic
parser documentation, and part of the maintainer-to-user commitment.

- Dave

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