[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Dangers of Subsetting? (was RE: Pull-based XML parsers?)
Isn't that typically called profiling and a standard operating procedure for many standards organizations? The citations have to be clean and if possible, conformance tests provided. There is no real danger as long as the propers are followed. It gets dangerous when features are introduced that would break a superset-conformant system or if the claims for the subset overlap the features that can only be met in the superset. No mystery, but some tedium if you have to sort all of it out while you implement. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Clark C. Evans [mailto:cce@c...] Given the above constraints, does it not make sence to try and identify the 20%, give it a name, like "Common XML". So that as vendors, lone hackers, etc., implement W3C specifications they have a better chance of implementing their first pass in a way which will *maximize* interoperability in our less-than-perfect world?
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