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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > Two only slightly related questions: > > 1. Why did XML keep the requirement for deterministic models? If I'm not mistaken, it was so that every valid XML document would also be a valid SGML document (given a suitable SGML declaration, that is). Since XML doesn't have start-tag omission, deterministic content models aren't _strictly_ necessary. (Actually, they're not strictly necessary for SGML either, you'd just need to rephrase the way start-tag inference is specified in the Standard.) (P.S. *Many* thanks for starting an actual XML-related thread!) --Joe English jenglish@f...
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