• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• To: Sean McGrath <digitome@i...>, xml-dev@i...
• Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:48:08 -0800

At 07:05 PM 11/30/99 +0000, Sean McGrath wrote:

>Do xml-dev'ers think XFM is a good idea?

I think having a way for an instance to promise it references no external 
entities is a no-brainer.  Beyond that, you start getting past the 20/80 
point pretty damn quick.  In particular, experience would suggest that trying 
to fiddle with character sets is more trouble than it's worth.

>If not, lets meet in the bar at XML'99 anyway. 

Now there's a *good* idea. -T.

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