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tblanchard@m... wrote: >> the assertion that XML fails as [...] a markup language >> (markup shouldn't require well-formedness) which Amy Lewis took exception to: > *ABSOLUTELY* disagreed. > > Well-formedness is the thing that makes XML worthwhile. and then went on to criticize markup minimization. In the realm of document markup, I think that the part of well-formedness that requires strict element inclusion and therefore a strict hierarchy *is* limiting; we have recently seen discussion here on overlapping trees within a single document. While omitted tags and other SGML minimization features are likely not worth the cost, being able to apply markup metadata to arbitrary ranges without having to use out-of-line methods might help avoid extremes like the reported every-word-is-an-element MS "WordML". (What do they do when only *part* of a word is bold/underline/whatever?) -- Kian-Tat Lim, ktl@k..., UTF-7: +Z5de+pBU-
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