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RE: SML: Second Try

• To: "'Xml-Dev'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: SML: Second Try
• From: "Don Park" <donpark@d...>
• Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:17:55 -0800
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• In-reply-to: <009c01c2ccd2$4217f520$6401a8c0@tbp1>
• Organization: Docuverse

Thomas,

> This looks a lot like an indented syntax I created a while back to make it
> easier to type XML files.  I posted it to the PyXML list, and at XML2002
> John Cowan asked me to post it here. (which obviously I did not get to
> before now - sorry, John).
> 
> Here is my version of Don's sample from the linked web page -
...
> circle::
>     @x::1.0
>     @y::1.0
>     @r::0.5
>     fill
>         @color::#FF0000
>     text::Circle A

Cool, although I think use of special characters like '@' and ':' makes your
syntax more geeky than necessary.  All I am using so far are quotes and '='.

> Of course this format is too simple to capture everything in XML, but it
> does the basics of banging elements into place easily and readably.

I doubt my syntax can handle everything also.  I even forgot to illustrate
mixed-content which caused so many headaches for SML-DEV.

I am thinking the following will suffice:

  A attr1="blah"
    "some text"
    B="lala"
    "some more text"
    C
      "inner text"

In this example, readability suffers somewhat.  Oh, well.  I never liked
mixed-contents.

> I never thought of this as a replacement for XML, but just a handy helper
> for easy typing and reading.

Same here.  XML is off and running.  I am just trying to put a *saddle* on
it.

Best,

Don Park
Docuverse

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