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• Subject: RE: SGML->XML->? (was Re: SML: Second Try)
• From: "Mike Fitzgerald" <mike@w...>
• Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 16:53:40 -0800
• Importance: Normal
• In-reply-to: <5.2.0.9.2.20030206203831.00af6660@p...>

             complex
                /
               / <- 2003-02-06 
              /     numberless specs
             /   
            /    
           /     
          /      
         /       
        /        
       /         
      /          
     /           
    / <- 1998-02-10
   /     one spec        
simple      

We need more accidents like HTML and better luck than RELAX NG.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dpawson@n...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: xml-dev
> Subject: RE:  SGML->XML->? (was Re:  SML: Second Try)
> 
> 
> 
> The design goals for XML are
>     * XML shall be straightforwardly usable over the Internet.
>     * XML shall support a wide variety of applications.
>     * XML shall be compatible with SGML.
>     * It shall be easy to write programs which process XML documents.
>     * The number of optional features in XML is to be kept to the 
> absolute 
> minimum, ideally zero.
>     * XML documents should be human-legible and reasonably clear.
>     * The XML design should be prepared quickly.
>     * The design of XML shall be formal and concise.
>     * XML documents shall be easy to create.
>     * Terseness in XML markup is of minimal importance.
> 
> Which ones are wrong today?
> What's missing?
> Were the goals too broad?
> Or have they been interpreted too many times in too many different ways?
> Is No. 3 out of date?
> Regards DaveP
> 
> 
> 
> 
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