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Re: Towards XML 2.0

• From: Stephen Green <stephen.green@documentengineeringservices.com>
• To: David Lee <dlee@calldei.com>
• Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:42:00 +0000

> I'd even argue for a minimum *without attributes* and without mixed content,
> no DTD subset, no namespaces, and only UTF8 support.
>

+1000

Yes please!

Cheers

Stephen Green


On 7 December 2010 14:42, David Lee <dlee@calldei.com> wrote:
> I'd even argue for a minimum *without attributes* and without mixed content,
> no DTD subset, no namespaces, and only UTF8 support.
>
> A processor (parser/ language binding etc) for such a minimum would be much
> smaller, possibly "JavaScript" small/fast,
> and on equal footing with JSON.
>
> It would still be "XML" (i.e. parseable by full parsers) but vastly useful
> on its own.
>
>
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> http://www.xmlsh.org
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Welch [mailto:andrew.j.welch@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 9:36 AM
> To: Pete Cordell
> Cc: David Lee; vojtech.toman@emc.com; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  Towards XML 2.0
>
>
>> And presumably it still requires processing of internal DTD for attribute
>> default values and so on?
>>
>> The profiles seem more like XML 1.0 + XML Namespaces + other additional
>> profile specific stuff, rather than simplifications.  Personally it's not
>> what I'm looking for.
>
> Nor me... I think the absolute minimum... just elements, attributes
> and angle brackets :)
>
> That's the tag line anyway.
>
>
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> http://andrewjwelch.com
>
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  • Re: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: <vojtech.toman@emc.com>
  • Re: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>
  • Re: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: Cecil New <cecil.new@gmail.com>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: <vojtech.toman@emc.com>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>
  • Re: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>
  • Re: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
  • RE: Towards XML 2.0
    • From: "David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>