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Hi Jonathan. Jonathan Robie wrote: > I think that you are saying that XML, as defined by the current XML > specifications, should not be confused with XML. I find that confusing. Simon will undoubtedly give you a reasoned and (to me) persuasive response, but since you put your finger on the precise point of my greatest disagreement with others in the XML world, may I jump in here to say: Yes, XML as defined by the current (and evolving) specifications has effectively abandoned the two characteristics which originally brought me to it: definition by syntax and simple well-formedness. The first puts the 'content' and the markup metadata (in XML, there is no other kind) on the same level--text which a particular processor may handle in its own particularly appropriate way. The second compels instance-first (rather than schema-first or any other abstraction first) resolution of a marked-up text. Respectfully, Walter Perry
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