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At 06:05 PM 3/11/00 +0800, Rick JELLIFFE wrote: >I would be very interested in knowing why TEI Lite was rejected. A >project which says "we need to create a standard convention for >literature markup" (if that is what Project Gutenberg does) has to >justify why it rejects the currently existing one, which has been proven >useful for non-markup people to use for many years. I personally reject entirely the idea that any project "has to justify why" it might choose to use or not use one given DTD or another. Folks, this is what XML is all about. You can do what you wish, in a manner that works for you and your projects. DTDs and Style sheets can be exchanged. They can be adapted for individual use, or they can be ignored and something else created. This isn't *bad*. If anyone here is thinking the world will simply accept a single DTD or maybe 2 or 3 for any given field of study, and do so simply because "it's already there", you're likely to be sorely disappointed. Good DTDs will bubble up to the top, but they won't necessarily be the ones that are around now, nor will they necessarily be the ones written by today's 'experts'. Popular use will determine was does or doesn't work for people. And that IS a Good Thing. Ann --- Just Released! - HTML BY Example Now shipping - Mastering XML Also in print: Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials Founder, WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com Chief Operation Officer, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org Director, HWG Online Education http://www.hwg.org/services/classes *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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