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Tim Bray wrote: > > At 09:40 PM 1/23/00 -0600, Len Bullard wrote: > >So is DOM really required for XML 1.0, or is that a political position > >about implementations? > > There is no *point* to supporting XML in the browser if you don't > support the DOM. If all you want is to display nice-looking stuff > to humans, HTML does an excellent job of that. -Tim And as I point out, supports varies application language by application language. As has been asked elsewhere, who would bother using the rawDOM since "it is an implementer's tool, not a content developer's tool". Data structures: underneath the thin veneer, all apps have their own. So, should we make resource intensive applications take the penalty of being in the same box as a text display engine? len 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/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message unsubscribe xml-dev (or) unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS.
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