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> > Because they have to read the DTD? What if the DTD is already known a priori? > > There may still be problems (e.g. context, namespaces) - but would XML Fragment > > not address those? > > No, because you can only parse an XML document from the start. Take the > following snippet: > > <foo> > <bar/> > </foo> > > If your app picks up the stream and sees the "a" of <bar/> as the first byte, > there's nothing useful it can do with that document. Yes, but I thought a specification like (or similar to) XML Fragment would also specify the exchange of such fragments, such that you would not have that siutation. But I admit, I haven't looked closely at this recommendation. > You might need more than XML Fragment to address this (XUpdate would be another > candidate). I take your word for it - no time to research it myself. Karl
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