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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.) And the cost of getting rid of that restriction would be (legacy software costs aside)? >(P.S. *Many* thanks for starting an actual XML-related thread!) It's out of character, I know, but occasionally I find cause to work. len
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