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Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...> writes: <snip/> Only one minor correction to a very thorough and useful analysis: > 5) Definition of the document element. > W3C XML Schema relies on the DOCTYPE to define the document element. > (DOCTYPE seems also to be here to stay) Some of your other points of DTD survival argue at least in part on the basis of interaction with XML Schema semantics. It's worth pointing out that there is no such interaction in this case -- XML Schema does not have a notion of document element at all, so in that sense DOCTYPE is not here to stay, I don't think. 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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