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On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 04:22:22PM -0500, Hunsberger, Peter wrote:
> > > Ok. Any parties interested in posting their favorite five
> > > bad problems with XML in order here? I wonder what the
> > > consensus is on the top two. (XML, not XML apps like
> > > XSD.)
Man, how can I resist the "come up with your own list!" urge?
> Since I don't have to write any tools to actually support DTDs they
> actually sort of, almost, help me more than they hinder. Maybe Len
> needs to divide the question between two (more?) camps: 1) XML users, 2)
> XML tool builders?
I think this might be a useful distinction. I think I primarily fall
into the former category. Here's my shot at a list:
1. Only one tree per file allowed
2. Limitations of trees on expression[0]
3. Remembering XML namespace *URI values*
4. Getting character references right
5. Lack of nesting of comments
Take care,
John L. Clark
[0] For (a very simple introductory) example, I can't say the following:
<p>Some content, <em>some of which is emphasized, <ins>and
furthermore,</em> some of which has been recently
inserted.</ins></p>
Where the "elements" have "the same" semantics as in HTML, only I
want to express the addition of content across an element boundary.
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