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"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> writes: > The official is Dan Connoly and the article is > http://xhtml.waptechinfo.com/extxhtml/ > > "The following quote shows the heart of the matter:- > 'My experience leads me to believe that parts of XML are solid architectural > inrfastructure for the long term: tags and attributes, and namespaces. But > other parts of it are there to manage the transition from the existing > software base: DTDs, entities, processing instructions, and I don't > recommend investing them unless you are constrained by existing software > somehow.' - Dan Connolly, > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2000Aug/0052.html. Dan is welcome to his opinion, but when stated in that way, that's all it is: his opinion. It's _not_ W3C policy to deprecate DTDs: indeed the XML Schema WG decided to provide a DTD for XML Schema precisely because they recognised their continuing utility. My crystal ball is cloudier than Dan's: I hope a lot of people use XML Schema for a lot of things real soon, but I don't foresee or even advocate the disappearance of DTDs any time soon. ht (not speaking officially, either :-) -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
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