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RE: Re: What is an XML Document? [Was: Re: canonical

• To: "'Rob Lugt'" <roblugt@e...>, xml-dev@l..., Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Subject: RE: Re: What is an XML Document? [Was: Re: canonicalization]
• From: Michael Brennan <Michael_Brennan@A...>
• Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:37:24 -0800

Just out of curiousity, what about providing mechanisms by which a schema
could constrain conforming documents to not permit entities? Then, those who
have use for them could still use them, but those who don't can protect
themselves from having unwanted entities flung at them in documents.

Is there any value in such an approach?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Lugt [mailto:roblugt@e...]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:44 AM
> To: xml-dev@l...; Tim Bray
> Subject: Re:  Re: What is an XML Document? [Was: Re: 
> 
> canonicalization]
> 
> 
> Tim Bray wrote:-
> 
> >
> > More good arguments for getting rid of entities. -Tim
> >
> 
> So far, I haven't seen one good enough argument for getting rid of
> entities - or anything else in XML 1.0.
> 
> Remember, one feature that made XML attractive and that set it above
> proprietary formats was the proposition that XML 1.0 
> documents would be
> readable for many years to come.  By all means layer 
> additional features on
> top if you have to, but remove things at your peril.
> 
> Kind regards
> ~Rob
> 
> --
> Rob Lugt
> ElCel Technology
> http://www.elcel.com/
> 
> 
> 
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