• From: rjelliffe@a...
• To: "'XML Developers List'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:34:42 +1000 (EST)

> In general what I hear on this list is lets not make XML a monolithic
> beast that requires a "whale" of a parser.

But the size of the parser is a function of the development process more
than the specification. The spec just sets a minimum bound and is no
guarantee that someone's code will be minimal. Indeed, after there are a
few parsers, the value proposition of any parser is the feature support,
such as API support and support for related standards. The market works
against minimalist implementations.

Look at Xerces: absolutely enormous, and much bigger than, say, James
Clarks SP and XP combined.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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