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As XML continues to grow, it seems more and more important that we have a common means of expressing which parts of the family tree are being used. Right now, it seems that we have a 'try and see' approach where different parsers with different feature sets (validation, namespaces, the upcoming XInclude) may produce very different visions of a document's content and structure. This list has discussed XML packaging issues several times (http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/03/22/deviant/index.html is a good introduction), but it's been a while since the last round. There's no sign of activity from the W3C, apart from one line in the XML WG's activity statement: >In September 1999, we began the third phase, continuing the >unfinished work from the second phase and introducing a >Working Group on XML Query and plans for a Working Group >on XML Packaging. (http://www.w3.org/XML/Activity.html) I've revised my own packaging proposal, XML Processing Description Language, to handle some of the issues we've discussed here lately, notably the growing importance of public identifiers, along with XInclude and XBase: http://purl.oclc.org/NET/xpdl Comments and suggestions are welcome, as is any news that the W3C is following through on their plans for a WG. (Perhaps at Amsterdam?) Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.com *************************************************************************** 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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