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 At 01:53 PM 5/8/98 -0700, Bryan Gilbert wrote: > [BG] Why is it [minimization] a slippery slope? Because if you can make an argument for empty end tags, you can probably make an argument for NET-enabled end tags, and minimized attribute specifications, and omitted tags, and so on and so on. Just because *your* requirements make it obvious that empty end tags are enough, that doesn't mean that everybody's do. Any decision short of no minimization or full minimization will be an arbitrary one that will cause those whose requirements are not met to wonder why. There is always full SGML, after all. The only argument I could see for empty tags involves the fact that you don't need explicit declarations in order to use it. But the same argument applies to NET-enabled start tags, so that razor would't help here. [NOTE: I'm using NET-enabled start tags as an example to make a point. I'm really aggitating for their inclusion in XML--they're handy, but not that much more handy than empty end tags, saving only one keystroke.] Cheers, E. -- <Address HyTime=bibloc> W. Eliot Kimber, Senior Consulting SGML Engineer ISOGEN International Corp. 2200 N. Lamar St., Suite 230, Dallas, TX 95202. 214.953.0004 www.isogen.com </Address> xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) 
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