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Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...> writes: <snip/> > b) The system is kept open and I have alternative choices to do so. > > In other words, I find it very difficult to admit that a specification > can restrict the scope of possibilities opened by XML. For sure -- the way I put this is that wellformedness and validity are the XML 1.0 concepts, and _nothing_ which comes after can change them. The Namespace REC _added_ a notion of namespace compliance, and XML Schema _adds_ a notion of schema-validity assessment, but nobody is ever going to _force_ you to use those notions if they don't serve your needs. ht -- 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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