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Re: Character Entities: An XML Core WG View

• To: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Subject: Re: Character Entities: An XML Core WG View
• From: Ann Navarro <ann@w...>
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:31:10 -0500
• Cc: David Carlisle <davidc@n...>,jcowan@r...,xml-dev@l...
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At 03:36 PM 11/1/2002 -0800, Tim Bray wrote:

>First, in background I would say that HTML is not an XML Schema *based* 
>language, the semantics of HTML are described in written prose and 
>implemented in compiled code, the schema provides error checking and 
>redundant expression of some of the constraints.

I think that's splitting hairs -- you know as well as I do that moving 
forward the HTML WG has been tasked with defining XHTML using Schemas.
--
  You wouldn't reasonably ask that your schema also functioned as your 
stylesheet, or your compression engine, or any number of other things; it's 
just far from obvious that funny-character-naming is a thing that a schema 
should do.


No, I wouldn't. However, with the exception of the stylesheet mentioned, I 
wouldn't expect a consumer of my language to have to define and develop 
those items either. That's what we're asking for when you say 'just create 
a DTD for the entities'.

(When reading my arguments, please keep in mind that I'm not arguing solely 
in regards to the development of XHTML. We will always have a DTD and/or 
schema. However, not all documents will, and therein, in my opinion, lies 
the rub).

Ann

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