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Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/pr

• From: Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 14:59:59 -0400

On 6/9/2023 1:07 PM, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen wrote:

Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com> writes:

...

The relatively deep intertwining of validation with everything else
in ISO 8879 makes it hard to write even simple tools.

What would those tools be?

[snip]

Not everyone who faces the task of processing SGML or XML documents is
in a position to write a parser library for SGML or XML.  I think
task-specific ad-hoc parsers are mostly written by people who have not
just finished creating a full parser.  I don't know how many of them are
in fact written now.  As you have observed, anyone in a position to use
an off-the-shelf parser library will -- assuming the API is simple
enough -- often find it more convenient to use an off the shelf parser.

• References:
  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/processed by software
    • From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot be parsed/processed by software
    • From: Marcus Reichardt <u123724@gmail.com>
  • Re: Please stop writing specifications that cannot beparsed/processed by software
    • From: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>