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On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Michael Kay<mike@saxonica.com> wrote: > A better approach might be to treat DTDs in the structure of the article as > co-equal with other schema languages, and mention in the prose that for > historical reasons they are given a special status in the XML > recommendation. That's a better reflection of the reality of usage. No, I don't think that's sufficient. FDTDs are fundamentally integrated into the design of an XML parser. They are not optional pieces one can ignore. Nor are they just a schema language either. They have noticeable effects on a document's infoset even in the absence of validation. Yes, in hindsight, this was a mistake; but it's not one we can ignore or sweep under the rug, much as we might wish things were otherwise. :-( -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@ibiblio.org
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