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Richard Lanyon wrote: > Why not? The infoset seems mainly to be a guide for (W3C) > spec-writers, saying "unless you can think of a good reason otherwise, > your spec should deal mainly with /this/ level of abstraction of XML > documents". Most W3C specs (DOM, XPath) do operate at more-or-less the > same level of abstraction, so using the infoset just takes the > "more-or-less" bit out and ensures that most future specs operate at > /exactly/ the same level of abstraction. This seems to me to be rather > useful. Almost exactly right, with two caveats: 1) Not only W3C spec-writers, but other spec-writers, and indeed programmers insofar as they write specs for their programs, are the intended customers. 2) For "exactly the same level" read "broadly the same level"; some variation is expected and is supported. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@r...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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