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Tim, >Simplified XML failed to happen because the WG totally failed >to achieve consensus on what it ought to be. My memory is >foggy but I seem to recall that everyone agreed that references >to external entities should be suppressed, but I can't bring to >the front of my mind any one other thing that everyone agreed on. I consider this to be one of the two major stumbling block for SML as well. Just thinking about the discussion on whether to include attribute or not gives me headaches. >Further complicating picture was serious concern by some, >again including me, about "splitting XML". Given the existence >of a simplified XML, many vendors would gleefully leap on board, >support only that, announce to the world that they supported XML, >and throw any incoming document on the floor that happened to >include lots of things that XML 1.0 said was legal. Speaking only >for myself, this was the blood-in-the-water issue. This is the other major stumbling block. Ignorant marketeers reasoning "SML is XML so we are supporting XML! Let's put that on the box." I have no answer for this sort of thing happenning other than a firing squad. Best, Don Park - mailto:donpark@d... Docuverse - http://www.docuverse.com PS: I rather liked the name Don Park Markup Language <g>. <dpml> <excited>Lets do this! <jump>Lets do that!</jump></excited> <[expletive deleted]>AAarrrrhhhhgg!</[expletive deleted]> <persistent>But... I still think...</persistent> <objective>Who is the bigger ass? I am not sure.</objective> <funny>Len, are you a bot?</funny> </dpml> 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/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe 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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