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At 07:15 PM 7/31/00 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >"Simon St.Laurent" wrote: > >> In the case of the Infoset, I find the reductionism distressing. Although >> the specification certain acknowledges that something is lost, it also >> describes itself as: >> >> >a description of the information available in a well-formed XML document >> [XML]. >> >> That's fine - except that the Infoset is the only 'canonical' description >> available, and a large chunk of information is excluded from the Infoset, >> presumably never to return. > >Entity information is available. Character references are lost, it is true. >If you want them back, shout now. Sure! I also want DTDs back, and everything else available from the original XML document. Anything else lost? Then you can go ahead and subset that all you like to define a core that you find pleasing. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
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