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• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
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• In-reply-to: <000501c26ed1$2a67a150$6401a8c0@pcukmka> from "Michael Kay" at Oct 08, 2002 02:46:55 PM

Michael Kay scripsit:

> Yes: I used to think it meant that if you weren't interested in SGML
> compatibility, you could ignore the rule; but it doesn't, and you can't.

Exactly.  "For compatibility" statements are "must" statements.
"For interoperability" statements, OTOH, are only "should"s.

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Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem		--Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
  deity'll donate doughnuts			--English version by Muke Tever

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